Cassia derivatives

ABSTRACT

This invention related to a cationically and hydrophilically modified polygalactomannan having repeating units with an average D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl residue ratio of at least 5 to 1 and to compositions containing the same. A portion of the hydrogen atoms of hydroxyl groups situated on the mannosyl and galactosyl residues of the galactomannan are replaced with a hydrophilic and a cationic substituent.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from PCT Application Serial No. PCT/US2010/060214 filed on Dec. 14, 2010, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/286,039 filed on Dec. 14, 2009.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention generally relates to galactomannan derivatives. More specifically, the invention relates to cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan polymers obtained from the endosperm of seeds obtained from the plant genus Cassia and to their use in personal care, health care, household, institutional and industrial care compositions and the like. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannan polymers of this invention are useful as deposition aids, stabilizers, emulsifiers, spreading aids and carriers for enhancing the efficacy, deposition and delivery of chemically and physiologically active ingredients. In addition, such polymers are useful as an active component in personal care compositions as film formers, hair fixatives, hair conditioners, and skin conditioners. They are also useful for improving the psychosensory and aesthetic properties of personal care formulations in which they are included.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Galactomannans are a class of polysaccharides that are found in the endosperm material of seeds from leguminous plants such as Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar gum), Cesalpinia spinosa (tara gum), Ceratonia siliqua (locust bean gum), and other members of the Leguminosae family. A galactomannan is composed of backbone of 1→4-linked β-D-mannopyranosyl main chain units (also designated herein as a mannoside unit or residue) with recurring 1→6-linked α-D-galactosyl side groups (also designated herein as a galactoside unit or residue) branching from the number 6 carbon atom of a mannopyranose residue in the polymer backbone. The galactomannan polymers of the different Leguminosae species differ from one another in the frequency of the occurrence of the galactoside side units branching from the polymannoside backbone. The mannoside and galactoside units are generically referred to herein as glycoside units or residues. The average ratio of D-mannoside to D-galactoside units in the galactomannan contained in guar gum is approximately 1.5 or 2:1, approximately 3:1 for tara gum, and approximately 4:1 for locust bean gum. Another important source of polygalactomannan is isolated from the endosperm of seeds of Cassia tora and Cassia obtusifolia (known as cassia gum). Cassia gum has an average ratio of mannose to galactose of at least 5:1. For illustrative purposes galactomannans obtained from the endosperm of cassia seed can be schematically represented by the structure:

wherein n is an integer representing the number of repeat units in the polymer. The polygalactomannan used in the practice of this invention typically has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) which is within the range of 200,000 to 5,000,000 Daltons. In many cases, the polygalactomannan has a weight average molecular weight, which is within the range of 300,000 to 2,000,000 Daltons. It is common for the galactomannan used in the practice of this invention to have a weight average molecular weight, which is within the range of 400,000 to 1,500,000 Daltons. The molecular weight of the galactomannan can be varied through controlled degradation procedures known in the art.

The underivatized Cassia galactomannan used as a starting material in the practice of this invention typically has a number average molecular weight (Mn) which is within the range of 100,000 to 1,500,000 Daltons. In many cases, the polygalactomannan has a number average molecular weight, which is within the range of 200,000 to 1,000,000 Daltons. In is common for the polygalactomannan used in the practice of this invention to have a number average molecular weight, which is within the range of 300,000 to 800,000 Daltons.

Galactomannans are hydrocolloids that have a high affinity for water. They have been widely used as, thickening, emulsifying, and gelling agents in applications as diverse as foodstuffs, coatings, personal care compositions and in oil well fracturing fluids. Although the use of these polymers has been met with great success, galactomannans used in their natural form have suffered some drawbacks from a water solubility standpoint. An unsubstituted polymannose backbone is completely insoluble in water. The attachment of galactose side units to the C-6 atom in the recurring mannose residues of the polymannose backbone increases the water solubility of the polymer, particularly in cold water (i.e., ambient temperature and below). The greater the galactose side unit substitution, the greater is the cold water solubility properties of the polygalactomannan. Consequently, lower ratios of D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl units in the polygalactomannan leads to better cold water solubility. For example, the polygalactomannan contained in guar gum (average D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl ratio 2:1) is mostly soluble in cold water, while the polygalactomannan obtained from cassia gum (average D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl ratio of at least 5:1) is only sparingly soluble in cold and hot water.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,753,659 to Bayerlein et al. discloses inter alia that improved cold water solubility can be imparted to cassia gum by chemically modifying the polygalactomannan. The reaction of cassia gum polygalactomannan with selected reagents to yield derivatized Cassia is disclosed. Exemplary reaction products include substituted and unsubstituted alkyl ethers, substituted phosphate esters, and substituted quaternary ammonium derivatives. Disclosed uses for the chemically modified cassia gum polygalactomannans include textile printing applications, oil well drilling auxiliaries, mining and explosives applications.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,262,157 to Utz et al. discloses a personal care composition comprising a Cassia galactomannan polymer having repeating units containing a D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl residue ratio of 5 to 1 wherein a portion of the hydrogen groups on the pendant hydroxy substituents on the mannosyl and galactosyl residues are substituted with a group represented by the formula: AR¹ wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R¹ is a group independently selected from —N⁺(R³)₃X⁻, —S⁺(R³)₂X⁻, and —P⁺(R³)₃X⁻, wherein R³ independently represents substituted and unsubstituted C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, substituted and unsubstituted benzyl and substituted and unsubstituted phenyl; and X is any suitable anion that balances the charge on the onium cation.

In personal care, health care, household care, and institutional and industrial care applications the solubility characteristics of active ingredients and formulation aids in aqueous systems are of paramount importance. While the cationically derivatized Cassia galactomannans disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,262,157 are soluble in aqueous based formulations, a relatively high degree of cationic substitution is needed to achieve useful properties. There is a need to provide cationically derivatized Cassia galactomannans that exhibit cationic substantivity across a wide range of substitution levels as well and other properties significant for personal care, health care, household care, and institutional and industrial care applications while retaining significant water solubility. Additionally, there is a need for a cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan polymer that imparts significantly better sensory performance in personal care and health care applications. Such galactomannans would have widespread utility in applications not heretofore obtained in the prior art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention concerns a cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan having an average mannose to galactose ratio of at least 5:1 wherein a portion or all of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups present on the galactomannan are independently substituted with at least one cationic moiety represented by formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic moiety that contains a polyoxyalkylene group as set forth in formula (II) below.

wherein A, independently, is selected from a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkylene radical, and when substituted said substituent, independently, is selected from hydroxyl and halo; R, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion; (R¹—O)_(c) represents a oxyalkylene moiety or a polyoxyalkylene moiety arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 1 to about 250 in one aspect, from about 2 to about 200 in another aspect, from about 2 to about 150 in still another aspect, from about 5 to about 100 in a further aspect, and from about 10 to about 50 in a still further aspect and; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR; and a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1, subject to the proviso that when a is 0, b is 0, and when R² is AR in formula (II), the cationic moiety AR represented by formula (I) is optionally present; and when c is 1, R² is not hydrogen. As set forth above, the hydrophilic moiety depicted in formula (II) can be terminated with a moiety selected from hydrogen (e.g., a terminal hydroxyl group), a methyl group (e.g., a terminal methoxy group), and a cationic group (e.g., AR as previously defined).

The hydrophilic modification of the Cassia polygalactomannan backbone with substituents conforming to formula (II) confers better solubility profiles at lower cationic substitution levels when compared to unmodified cationic Cassia and other cationically modified polysaccharides. Surprisingly, the hydrophilic modification of cationically derivatized Cassia imparts a better sensory profile in terms of conditioning such as, for example, wet and dry combing of the hair and wet and dry feel of the hair.

The invention also concerns a personal care composition comprising A) the cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan described above and B) at least one ingredient selected from surfactants, emulsifiers, emollients, moisturizers, auxiliary hair and skin conditioning agents, auxiliary hair fixatives, auxiliary film-formers, skin protectants (e.g., sunscreen agents), binders, chelating agents, disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides, deodorants, pest repellants, odoriferous materials, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents, antibiotics, antidandruff agents, abrasives, adhesives, skin anti-aging and anti-wrinkle agents, absorbents, colorants, deodorants, antiperspirant agents, humectants, opacifying and pearlescing agents, antioxidants, preservatives, propellants, spreading agents, exfoliants, keratolytic agents, blood coagulants, vitamins, artificial tanning accelerators, pH adjusting agents, botanicals, hair colorants, oxidizing agents reducing agents, skin bleaching agents, pigments, anti-inflammatory agents, topical anesthetics, fragrance and fragrance solubilizers, particulates, microabrasives, abrasives, and combinations thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Exemplary embodiments in accordance with the present invention will be described. Various modifications, adaptations or variations of such exemplary embodiments described herein may become apparent to those skilled in the art as such are disclosed. It will be understood that all such modifications, adaptations or variations that rely upon the teachings of the present invention, and through which these teachings have advanced the art, are considered to be within the scope and spirit of the present invention.

The polymers and compositions of the present invention may suitably comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of the components, elements, and process delineations described herein. The invention illustratively disclosed herein suitably may be practiced in the absence of any element which is not specifically disclosed herein.

Unless otherwise stated, all percentages, parts, and ratios expressed herein are based upon weight of the total compositions of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the invention, the average ratio of D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl units (M:G units) in the polygalactomannan contained in Cassia endosperm is at least 5:1. In another embodiment, the average ratio of M:G units ranges from about 5:1 to about 49:1 in one aspect, from about 5:1 to about 35:1 in another aspect, from about 5:1 to about 25:1 in still another aspect, from about 5:1 to about 10:1 in a further aspect, and about 5:1, about 6:1, about 7:1, or about 8:1 in other aspects of the invention. In another embodiment, the Cassia gum encompassing the M:G ratios set forth above is obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia, and mixtures thereof.

In another embodiment, the amount of galactose contained in the Cassia polygalactomannan is at least 2 wt. % based on the total amount of mannose and galactose present in the galactomannan. In one aspect, the amount of galactose ranges from about 2 wt. % to about 17 wt. %, in another aspect from about 3 wt. % to about 14 wt. %, in still another aspect from about 4 wt. % to about 13 wt. %, and in a further aspect from about 5 wt. % to about 11 wt. %, wherein all weights are based on the total amount of mannose and galactose present in the galactomannan. In another embodiment, the Cassia gum encompassing the galactose weight ranges set forth above is obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia, and mixtures thereof.

In one aspect, the present invention concerns a cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan having an average mannose to galactose ratio embracing the M:G ratios set forth above wherein a portion or all of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups present on the galactomannan are substituted with a least one cationic moiety represented by formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic moiety represented by formula (II) as follows:

wherein A, independently, is selected from a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkylene radical in one aspect, a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₅ alkylene radical in another aspect, a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₄ alkylene radical in still another aspect, a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₃ alkylene radical in a further aspect, and a divalent linear, substituted or unsubstituted C₃ alkylene radical in a still further aspect, and when substituted said substituent, independently, is selected from hydroxyl and halo (e.g., chloro, bromo, iodo); R, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion; (R¹—O)_(c) represents a polyoxyalkylene moiety arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 1 to about 250, in one aspect, from about 2 to about 200 in another aspect, from about 2 to about 150 in still another aspect, from about 5 to about 100 in a further aspect, and about 10 to about 50 in a still further aspect; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR; and a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1, subject to the proviso that when a is 0, b is 0, and when R² is AR in formula (II), the cationic moiety AR represented by formula (I) is optionally present; and when c is 1, R² is not hydrogen.

In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention relate to galactomannan compositions that are hydrophilically modified (e.g., polyalkoxylated) and cationically modified (e.g., quaternized) to maintain solubility in aqueous media while allowing for varying degrees of cationic substitution. Theoretically, an average of 3 hydroxyl groups reside on each unsubstituted glycoside unit in the galactomannan polymer backbone. The hydroxyl groups on each glycoside unit can be hydrophilically and/or cationically derivatized with hydrophilic and cationic moieties that are coreactive therewith. The total degree of substitution (DS) (of both cationic and hydrophilic species) is 1.0 when one hydroxyl group on each glycoside unit is derivatized, and 3.0 when, on average, 3 hydroxyl groups of each glycoside unit are derivatized. Average total DS values are shown as decimal fractions of these integer values, and mean that the galactomannan is made up of glycoside units having whole number DS values embracing the average.

The water solubility of the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannan of this invention represents a balance between the hydrophilic moieties on the galactomannan, such as provided by the polyalkoxylated containing substituents defined by formula (II) above, and the cationic moieties of the galactomannan, such as provided by the cationic substituents defined under formula (I) above. In one embodiment of the invention, a substituent on the galactomannan can contain both a hydrophilic moiety and a cationic moiety as represented by formula (II) when R² is AR as defined above. To the extent that a decreased degree of substitution as defined by formula (I) (DS_(I)) limits the water solubility of the Cassia galactomannan, a corresponding increase in the degree of substitution of the hydrophilic substituents, as described by formula (II) (DS_(II)) and/or the level of polyalkoxylation within a hydrophilic substituent can be provided such that the galactomannan retains or attains a desired amount of water solubility. In other words, various levels of DS_(I) and DS_(II) can vary according to the desired balance between cationic efficacy and solubility characteristics. The total degree of substitution, defined as (DS), is the sum of the degree of substitution of substituents defined by formula (I) (DS_(I)) and the degree of substitution of substituents defined by formula (II) (DS_(II)).

In one embodiment, the level of the substituents defined under formula (I) or DS_(I) ranges from about 0 to about 2.9999, from about 0 to about 2.499 in another aspect, from about 0 to about 1.99 in still another aspect, from about 0 to about 0.99 in a further aspect, from about 0 to about 0.8 in a still further aspect, and from about 0 to about 0.7 in an additional aspect of the invention. The level of the substituents defined under formula (II) or DS_(II) ranges from about 0.0001 to about 3 in one aspect, from about 0.001 to about 2.5 in another aspect, from about 0.01 to about 2 in still another aspect, from about 0.01 to about 1 in a further aspect, from about 0.01 to about 0.5 in still a further aspect, and from about 0.01 to about 0.3 in an additional aspect of the invention. The total average DS or DS_(total) for combined substituents of formulas (I) and (II) can range from 0.0001 to about 3 or above in one aspect, from 0.1 to about 2.5 in another aspect, from 0.2 to 2 in a further aspect, and from about 0.3 to about 1 in a still further aspect of the invention per constituent glycoside residual unit in the galactomannan backbone. As previously described, when R² in formula (II) is a cationic moiety represented by AR, the cationic moiety in formula (I) is optionally present. Accordingly, when AR in formula (I) is not present the DS_(I) is 0. As the skilled artisan will recognize the degree of substitution for both DS_(I) and DS_(II) will fall within the stated ranges for DS_(total).

The degree of cationic substitution (DS_(cat)) on the Cassia galactomannan polymer can be represented by the sum of DS_(I) and the degree of substitution of a hydrophilic moiety containing a cationic substituent as represented by formula (II) where R² is AR (DS_(II with cat)). The degree of hydrophilic substitution (DS_(hydrophile)) on the Cassia galactomannan is equivalent to DS_(II), which in one aspect contains both hydrophilic moieties and cationic moieties (DS_(II with cat)), and in another aspect DS_(II) solely contains hydrophilic moieties (DS_(II without cat)). The degree of cationic and hydrophilic substitution on the Cassia galactomannan can be schematically represented by the following equations: DS_(cat)=DS_(I)+DS_(II with cat) DS_(hydrophile)=DS_(II with cat)+DS_(II without cat) wherein DS_(cat), DS_(hydrophile), DS_(I), DS_(II with cat), and DS_(II without cat) are as defined above.

In one aspect, DS_(cat) ranges from about 0.0001 to about 3, from about 0.001 to about 2.5 in another aspect, from about 0.01 to about 2 in still another aspect, from about 0.1 to about 1 in a further aspect, from about 0.2 to about 0.8 in a still further aspect, and from about 0.3 to about 0.7 in an additional aspect of the invention. In one aspect, DS_(hydrophile) ranges from about 0.0001 to about 3, from about 0.001 to about 2.5 in another aspect, from about 0.01 to about 2 in still another aspect, from about 0.01 to about 1 in a further aspect, and from about 0.01 to about 0.3 in a still further aspect of the invention.

In one embodiment of the invention, a portion of or all of the hydrogen atoms situated on the hydroxyl groups present on the Cassia galactomannan are substituted with a substituent selected from one or more cationic substituents independently represented by formula (I) and one or more hydrophilic substituents independently represented by formula (II), wherein R² is independently selected from hydrogen and methyl. For illustrative purposes, and without limitation thereto, this embodiment can be schematically represented by formula (IV) as follows:

wherein the bracketed moiety, independently, represents a glycoside residual unit of the Cassia galactomannan, and AR, A, R¹, a, b, and c are as previously defined and R², independently, is selected from hydrogen and methyl.

In another embodiment of the invention, a portion of or all of the hydrogen atoms situated on the hydroxyl groups present on the Cassia galactomannan are substituted with a substituent selected from one or more cationic substituents independently represented by formula (I), one or more hydrophilic substituents independently represented by formula (II), wherein R² is independently selected from hydrogen and methyl, and one or more hydrophilic substituents represented by formula (II), wherein R^(2′) is independently selected from AR. For illustrative purposes, and without limitation thereto, this embodiment can be schematically represented by formula (V) as follows:

wherein the bracketed moiety, independently, represents a glycoside residual unit of the Cassia galactomannan, and AR, A, R¹, a, b, and c are as previously defined, R², independently, is selected from hydrogen and methyl, and R^(2′), independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR.

In further embodiment of the invention, a portion of or all of the hydrogen atoms situated on the hydroxyl groups present on the Cassia galactomannan are substituted with a substituent selected from one or more cationic substituents independently represented by formula (I) and one or more substituents independently represented by formula (II) containing both a hydrophilic moiety and a cationic moiety. For illustrative purposes, and without limitation thereto, this embodiment can be schematically represented by formula (VI) as follows:

wherein the bracketed moiety, independently, represents a glycoside residual unit of a Cassia galactomannan, and AR, A, R¹, a, b, and c are as previously defined.

In another embodiment of the invention, a portion of or all of the hydrogen atoms situated on the hydroxyl groups present on the Cassia galactomannan are substituted with a substituent selected from one or more hydrophilic substituents independently represented by formula (II) containing both a hydrophilic moiety and a cationic moiety. For illustrative purposes, and without limitation thereto, this embodiment can be schematically represented by formula (VII) as follows:

wherein the bracketed moiety, independently, represents glycoside residual unit of a Cassia galactomannan, and AR, A, R¹, a, b, and c are as previously defined. In this embodiment the hydrophilic moiety is terminated with a cationic substitutent.

In a still further embodiment of the invention, a portion of or all of the hydrogen atoms situated on the hydroxyl groups present on the Cassia galactomannan are substituted with a substituent selected from one or more hydrophilic substituents independently represented by formula (II), wherein R², independently, is selected from hydrogen and methyl and one or more hydrophilic substituents independently represented by formula (II), wherein R^(2′) is independently selected from AR. When R^(2′) is AR, the substituent represented by formula (II) contains both a hydrophilic moiety and a cationic moiety. For illustrative purposes, and without limitation thereto, this embodiment can be schematically represented by formula (VIII) as follows:

wherein the bracketed moiety, independently, represents a glycoside residual unit of a Cassia galactomannan, and AR, A, R¹, a, b, and c are as previously defined, R², independently, is selected from hydrogen and methyl, and R^(2′), independently, represents AR.

The embodiments schematically depicted in formulae (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and (VIII) above are disclosed for illustrative purposes and are not to be construed as a limitation upon the scope of the invention. While only glycoside residual units having an average of 3 hydroxyl substitution sites are illustrated, as discussed previously, the galactomannan backbone also contains recurring galactosyl side units having a potential DS of about 4 (3 hydroxyl units are bonded directly to the galactosyl ring and a fourth hydroxyl unit is attached to the C-6 carbon atom). Although the foregoing schematic formulae depict high DS values (e.g., 2 or 3 per repeating unit), it should be recognized that this is for illustrative purposes only, and as discussed above the actual DS value is an average (per glycoside unit) that represents all of the hydroxyl groups contained on the galactomannan backbone as potential substitution sites. Further, it is pointed out in the above schematic formulae that the methylene group attached to the C-6 carbon atom as well as the glycosidic linkage between repeating units in the galactomannan backbone is not shown.

The hydrophilic derivation (hydrophilization) can be conducted by utilizing a hydrophilization agent such as an alkoxylating agent and the cationic derivation (cationization) can be accomplished through the utilization of a cationization agent such as a quaternizing agent. Furthermore, one or more hydrophilization or cationization agents can be combined to reduce the number of synthesis steps or to achieve different balances of various hydrophilic and cationic substituents on the Cassia galactomannan backbone. Cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannans of this invention can be prepared (1) by hydrophilization followed by cationization; (2) cationization followed by hydrophilization; (3) simultaneous hydrophilization and cationization; (4) a sequential series of hydrophilization steps followed by a sequential series of cationization steps; (5) a sequential series of cationization steps followed by a sequential series of hydrophilization steps; (6) alternating hydrophilization and cationization steps; and (7) or any variation of the foregoing procedures.

In one embodiment of the invention, hydrophilization involves reacting the pendant hydroxyl groups present on the backbone of the cassia galactomannan or derivative thereof with an alkoxylation agent. In one aspect, the alkoxylation agent can be selected from alkylene oxide such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide (1,2 epoxy butane or 2,3 epoxy butane), and mixtures thereof. In this embodiment, the Cassia galactomannan is dissolved, dispersed, or slurried in a suitable solvent and in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst. Catalysts suitable for this reaction are well-known in the art and include, for example, inorganic alkalis such as alkali metal oxides and hydroxides, e.g., sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium methoxide, sodium borohydride; protic and Lewis acids, e.g., boron trifluoride, stannic chloride and sulfuric acid. Amines, quaternary ammonium compounds, other acids known in the art for this type of reaction can also be employed. Mixtures of catalysts may also be employed. In one aspect, a basic catalyst can be used in the polyalkoxylation reaction employing from about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent of potassium or sodium hydroxide, sodium methoxide, sodium borohydride or mixtures thereof, based on the weight of the galactomannan. The reaction can be carried out at a temperature ranging from about 40° C. to about 200° C., although higher or lower temperatures may be utilized. The reaction can be run at substantially atmospheric pressure, although the reaction can be carried out in an autoclave at pressures of from about 10 psig to about 80 psig. The amount of alkylene oxide (e.g., ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide) introduced to the reaction zone, and the duration of the reaction time, determines the number of moles alkylene oxide repeating units added to the hydroxyl moiety(ies) on the galactomannan backbone. As noted above, the polyalkoxylated substituents can be prepared by reacting mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, resulting in hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannans containing random and/or block arrangements of alkylene oxide units. It is typical of propylene oxide to yield isopropylene oxide repeating units upon opening of the epoxide ring during the polyalkoxylation reaction.

In another aspect, the hydrophilization reagent is a preformed polyalkoxylated compound that contains a functional group that is co-reactive with a hydroxyl group on the cassia galactomannan backbone. In one aspect of the invention, the functional group can be selected from a halohydrin and/or an epoxy group that is reactive with a pendant hydroxyl group on the galactomannan backbone. A suitable preformed polyalkoxylated compound can be represented by formula (IX) below:

wherein A′ is an epoxylated linear and branched C₃-C₆ alkyl group which can be optionally substituted with one or more halogen groups (e.g. chloro, bromo) or a halogenated (e.g., chloro, bromo) linear and branched C₃-C₆ alkyl group which can be substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups, and R¹, R², and c are as previously defined. In another aspect, the hydrophilization reagent can be represented by formulae (X) and (XI) below:

wherein X represents a halogen selected from chlorine and bromine; m is an integer from 1 to 4; and n is an integer from 1 to 5. In one aspect, A′ represents epoxyalkyl radical and in another aspect A′ represents a 3-halogeno-2-hydroxypropyl radical.

Representative epoxylated alkyl radicals set forth under formula (X) include but are not limited to 2,3-epoxypropyl, 3,4-epoxybutyl, 4,5-epoxypentyl, and 5,6-epoxyhexyl groups. Representative halogenated linear and branched alkyl radicals set forth under formula (XI) include but are not limited to 2-chloroethyl, 2-bromoethyl, 3-chloropropyl, 4-chlorobutyl, 6-chlorohexyl, and 2-hydroxy-3-chloropropyl groups.

The degree of alkoxylation (as defined by c in formula II) contained in the hydrophilic substituent group reacted onto the cassia galactomannan can be varied from about 1 to about 250 repeat units in one aspect, from about 2 to about 200 repeat units in another aspect, from about 2 to about 150 repeat units in still another aspect, from about 5 to about 100 repeat units in a further aspect, and from about 10 to about 50 repeat units in a still further aspect of the invention. The alkylene oxide unit(s) in the polyoxyalkylene moiety is selected from ethylene oxide, isopropylene oxide, butylene oxide, and combinations thereof. The alkylene oxide units can be arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer, and a block copolymer.

The hydrophilization reaction of the Cassia galactomannan or derivative thereof according to this aspect is conducted by dissolving, dispersing, or slurrying the galactomannan in a suitable (inert) solvent or diluent and reacting it with a preformed polyalkoxylating reagent represented by formula (IX) as defined above. The polyalkoxylating reagent can be used either singly as a combination of two or more. The reaction can be conducted in solvent and in the presence of a catalyst such as those described above for the alkylene oxide hydrophilization reagents. In one aspect, alkali metal hydroxides, e.g., sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, are suitable for use as catalysts. The alkali metal hydroxide catalysts are used in conventional amounts known in the art and are generally employed in an amount ranging from about 0.1 weight percent to about 50 weight percent based on the weight of the galactomannan to be modified, depending on the alkoxide used. The reaction temperature can range from about 0 to about 150° C. in one aspect, 30 to 100° C. in another aspect, and 40 to 80° C. in a further aspect of the invention

Examples of suitable solvents or diluents for the hydrophilization reactions involving the alkylene oxide or the preformed polyalkoxylated compound described above include but are not limited to lower aliphatic alcohols, such as ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, tert-butyl alcohol; ketones, such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone; or liquid hydrocarbons; such as hexane, cyclohexane, xylene, toluene and mixtures thereof. Mixtures of the foregoing solvents or diluents with water can also be used so long as the water does not interfere with the reaction. In one aspect of the invention, an aqueous isopropanol diluent having water to isopropanol ratio ranging from 5 wt % water:95 wt % IPA to 80 wt % water:20 wt % IPA is utilized in the reaction.

Cationization of the galactomannan can be effected by reacting the pendant hydroxyl groups present on the backbone of the Cassia galactomannan and/or hydroxyl groups present on a hydrophilically modified derivative thereof with a cationization agent. The cationization agent contains a functional group that is reactive with the hydroxyl groups on a cassia galactomannan glycoside and/or a hydroxyl terminated hydrophilic group that has previously been appended to the galactomannan backbone. In one aspect of the invention, the hydroxyl reactive functional group can be selected from a halohydrin and/or an epoxy group that is reactive with a pendant hydroxyl group on the galactomannan backbone and/or a hydroxyl terminated hydrophilic group. A suitable cationization agent can be represented by formulae (XII) and (XIII) below:

wherein A′ is as defined above and represents an epoxylated linear and branched C₃-C₆ alkyl group which can be optionally substituted with one or more halogen groups (e.g., chloro, bromo) or a halogenated (e.g., chloro, bromo) linear and branched C₃-C₆ alkyl group which can be substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups; A is a linear and branched C₃-C₆ alkylene group which can be optionally substituted with one or more halogen groups (e.g., chloro, bromo) or hydroxyl groups. In one aspect, A′ represents glycidyl radical and in another aspect A′ represents a 3-halogeno-2-hydroxypropyl radical. The R substituent, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl; and X⁻ represents an anion selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, methylsulfate, sulfonate, nitrate, phosphate, and acetate. The (R¹—O)_(c) moiety represents a polyoxyalkylene group wherein the individual repeating units are arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 1 to about 250. In another aspect, R is a quaternium nitrogen radical represented by the formula —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³, R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl groups, and X⁻ represents an anion selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, methylsulfate, sulfonate, nitrate, phosphate, and acetate. Representative alkyl groups defined under R³, R⁴, and R⁵ include but are not limited to methyl, ethyl, propyl, octyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl, dococyl, and combinations thereof. Representative oxyalkylene units include but are not limited to ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, and butoxy, and combinations thereof. In another aspect, R³ is selected from C₁-C₈ alkyl, and R⁴ and R⁵, independently, are selected from C₈-C₂₄ alkyl. In a further aspect, R³ and R⁴, independently, are selected from C₁-C₈ alkyl and R⁵ is selected from C₈-C₂₄ alkyl. In a still further embodiment, R³, R⁴ and R⁵ are, independently selected, from C₁-C₁₀ alkyl in one aspect, from C₁-C₈ alkyl in another aspect, and from C₁-C₅ alkyl in a further aspect. In another embodiment, R³, R⁴ and R⁵ are each methyl. In all of the foregoing aspects, X⁻ is as previously defined. In a further aspect, A′ can be represented by formulae (X) and (XI) as previously defined.

The introduction of the cation containing moiety onto the polygalactomannan backbone via a functionalization reagent conforming to formulae (XII) and (XIII) and/or can be conducted by known techniques. For example, the reaction between the hydroxyl groups appended on or to the polygalactomannan backbone with various quaternizing reagents such as 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrialkylammonium salts and 2,3-epoxypropyltrialkyl ammonium salts can be conducted under the same conditions as set forth above for the hydrophilization reagents defined under formula (IX). In one embodiment, suitable cationizing reagents include but are not limited to glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride, glycidyltriethylammonium chloride, glycidyltripropylammonium chloride, glycidylethyldimethylammonium chloride, glycidyidiethylmethylammonium chloride, and their corresponding bromides and iodides; 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltriethylammonium chloride, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyltripropylammonium chloride, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropylethyldimethylammonium chloride, and their corresponding bromides and iodides. In another embodiment, the cationization reaction can be conducted with a hydroxyl group provided by the hydrophilic moiety, e.g., subsequent to hydrophilization via alkoxylation with alkylene oxide(s) or a preformed hydroxyl terminated polyalkoxylated compound.

In the preparation of the cationically and hydrophilically modified polygalactomannans of the present invention, a hydroxyl group(s) on the polygalactomannan backbone is reacted with a functionalization reagent(s) set forth, for example, under formulae (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), and (XIII) described above, such that a hydrogen atom situated on said hydroxyl group(s) is replaced by a substituent or residue defined under formulae (I) and (II) above, subject to the proviso that the derivatized galactomannan backbone contains at least one hydrophilic moiety comprising a alkylene oxide and/or polyoxyalkylene group and at least one moiety comprising a cationic group. When the hydrophilic moiety contains a cationic group, e.g., wherein R² is AR, the AR moiety described under formula (I) is optionally present The reaction can be schematically represented as follows:

wherein D is selected from hydrogen, a residue or moiety obtained from a functionalization reagent(s) described above, and combinations thereof. In another aspect of the invention, D represents hydrogen, a moiety selected from formulae (I), a moiety selected from formula (II), and combinations thereof subject to the provisos set forth above.

In synthesizing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polygalactomannan polymers of this invention, the functionalizing reagent will be capable of reacting with hydroxyl groups present in the galactosyl side unit and/or the mannosyl main chain backbone units of the Cassia polymer. For instance, the functionalizing reagent will be capable of reacting with hydroxyl groups on the C-2, C-3, C-4, and/or C-6 carbon atoms of the galactosyl side unit and/or the C-2, C-3, or C-6 carbon atoms of the mannosyl main chain units of the polymer. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannan of this invention can be produced from readily available materials. Such compositions are derived from naturally occurring Cassia endosperm splits as discussed above, or can be derived from commercially available cationically derivatized cassia such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,753,659 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,262,157, which are herein incorporated by reference for their disclosure of cationically derivatized Cassia.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the cationic and hydrophilic modification can be carried out starting from unmodified Cassia galactomannan as such or from a partially substituted Cassia galactomannan (e.g., partially substituted with cationic and/or hydrophilic substituents). The cationic and hydrophilic derivatization steps can be conducted in any order, or simultaneously, as well as repeated, to produce the desired cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannan of the invention. The hydrophilic and cationic modification of the Cassia galactomannan can be carried out without isolating the intermediate product.

Underivatized Cassia gum or flour is commercially available from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. under the Diagum trademark. The derivatization of hydroxyl groups on Cassia polygalactomannan can be accomplished by methods well known to those skilled in the art. Generally speaking, the hydroxyl groups of the Cassia can be reacted with any functionalization reagent that is co-reactive therewith. For example, to functionalize the hydroxyl group of the Cassia with a cationic substituent of this invention, the hydroxyl group(s) on the Cassia gum polygalactomannan are reacted with a functionalization reagent that contains a cationic group and a functional moiety that is co-reactive with the hydroxyl groups, such as an epoxy group and a haloalkyl group. The functionalization reaction is conducted in an appropriate solvent and at an appropriate temperature. The amount of functional group substitution (degree of substitution) on the polygalactomannan hydroxyl atom(s) can be controlled by adjusting the stoichiometric amount of functionalization reagent added to the Cassia polygalactomannan. Functionalization methods for Cassia gum polygalactomannans are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,753,659. Additional methods of derivatizing polygalactomannans are set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 5,733,854. The teachings of U.S. Pat. No. 4,753,659 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,733,854 are incorporated herein by reference for the purpose of illustrating methods for functionalizing Cassia gum polygalactomannans.

The Cassia used as a starting material is typically in powder form and is normally treated with an alcohol or an alcohol/water solution. In practice, the alcohol used can be methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, isobutyl-alcohol, t-butyl alcohol, or the like. The alcohol can be used in neat (100%) form or as a aqueous solution. In such cases it is, of course, critical for the alcohol to be miscible with water. This treatment step is typically done at ambient temperatures (about 20° C.). However, it can optionally be done at any temperature which is within the range of about 0° C. to about 70° C. In some cases, it is advantageous to conduct this treatment step at an elevated temperature, which is within the range of about 30° C. up to about 70° C.

In practice, it is generally preferred to use mixtures of water and organic solvents in the Cassia treatment step. Particularly effective results occur when using between about 10 to about 90 percent water by weight and between about 90 to about 10 percent organic solvent by weight. Most preferred is the use of between about 30 to about 80% by weight isopropyl alcohol and between about 20 to about 70% by weight water. For example, excellent results have been obtained wherein the solution selected for use is an isopropanol/water mixture, wherein the respective amounts by weight are 44% isopropanol and 54% water. The amount of alcohol or alcohol water solution to be used in this step is that amount which is necessary to fully saturate the Cassia powder. In practice, this amount is usually at least about twice the amount by weight of the starting Cassia powder, and even more preferably, at least about three times the amount by weight of the starting Cassia.

After addition of the alcohol or alcohol/water solution and the subsequent neutralization, followed by agitation as needed, the functionalizing agent is added to the Cassia solution. As previously explained, the functionalizing agent is a compound that contains at least one functional group that is capable of reacting with hydroxyl groups on the Cassia. These functional groups can be epoxy groups, halogen containing groups. The amount of functionalizing reagent added to the Cassia solution is the amount that yields a desired total degree of substitution. The degree of substitution will typically be within the range of 0.0001 to 3 and will more typically be within the range of 0.1 to 2.5. In many cases, the degree of substitution will be within the range of 0.2 to 2. For purposes of this invention, the degree of substitution is equal to the number of moles of functionalization per mole of galactose and mannose repeat units in the Cassia polymer.

To facilitate the reaction kinetics of the functionalization reaction, an alkaline material can be added as a catalyst. The alkaline material is typically an aqueous solution of a base, such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The aqueous solution will preferably contain at least 12% NaOH, and more preferably 12% to 60% NaOH. Even more preferred is treatment with a 20% to a 50% aqueous NaOH solution. In the preferred embodiment, between about 0.1 and about 50 parts of NaOH (100%) are added for every 100 parts of Cassia starting material.

The temperature of the reaction mixture can be increased to between about 40° C. to about 75° C., with a reaction temperature in the range of about 60° C. to about 70° C. being even more preferred. The mixture is typically stirred for a period of time sufficient to insure complete reaction of the reactants. In practice, this reaction time is generally between about 1 hour to about 5 hours, with a reaction time within the range of about 2 hours to about 4 hours being more preferred.

After being functionalized, the Cassia is neutralized. The neutralization is normally done to a pH which is within the range of about 6 to about 8 (preferably about 7). Any acid may be selected for use to neutralize the solution, including strong acids such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid or weak acids such as acetic acid, citric acid, carbone dioxide (carbonic acid), trifluoroacetic acid, etc. In a preferred embodiment, either hydrochloric or acetic acid is used. The amount of acid used is the amount necessarily for neutralization.

After the neutralization, the functionalized Cassia is typically filtered and then washed with water, an organic solvent, or a mixture of both. When utilizing organic solvent water mixtures the organic solvent(s) are water miscible solvents including alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, iso-butyl alcohol, t-butyl alcohol, and the like. Other commonly used purification solvents such as acetone, glycols and the like may alternatively be selected. Mixtures of these solvents with the above disclosed water miscible alcohols are also useful.

The volume of the wash liquid is much greater than the amount of treated Cassia and can be performed in batch wise or multiple applications. In preferred practices, the volume of the wash liquid is at least twice the volume of the functionalized Cassia and is preferably at least three times the volume of the Cassia. It is preferable to conduct 1 to 4 independent wash cycles. However, more than 4 wash cycles can be used if needed. The concentration of the wash liquid for each cycle can be the same or different. For example, washing of the Cassia powder may be accomplished by first washing with a dilute isopropyl alcohol solution, followed by washing with stronger solutions of isopropyl alcohol, and finally with acetone. After washing, the functionalized Cassia can be dried and recovered using methods known in the art. Examples of such techniques include air drying, filtering, evaporative drying, centrifuging, flash grinding, addition of solvents, freeze drying, and the like. The use of fluidized bed drying can be advantageous.

In one aspect of the invention, the hydrophilic functionalization of underivatized Cassia can be accomplished by reacting an epoxy group containing hydrophilic functionalizing reagent with a hydroxyl group(s) on the backbone units of the Cassia galactomannan. The reaction can be schematically depicted as follows:

wherein R¹, independently, represents a divalent C₁-C₄ alkylene radical; R², independently, represents hydrogen and methyl; n represents the number of hydroxyl groups on the cassia galactomannan backbone; c is as previously defined; x represents the average total substitution of the hydrophilic moiety on the galactomannan backbone, wherein x can not be greater than n; and the result of the difference of n−x represents the free hydroxyl groups remaining on the derivatized backbone.

In another aspect, the hydrophilic functionalization of underivatized Cassia can be accomplished by reacting a (C₁-C₄) alkylene oxide functionalizing reagent with a hydroxyl group(s) on the backbone units of the Cassia galactomannan. This reaction can be schematically depicted as follows:

wherein R¹, independently, represents a divalent C₁-C₄ alkylene radical; n represents the number of hydroxyl groups on the cassia galactomannan backbone; c is as previously defined; x represents the average total substitution of the hydrophilic moiety on the galactomannan backbone, wherein x can not be greater than n; and the result of the difference of n−x represents the free hydroxyl groups remaining on the derivatized Cassia backbone.

The hydrophilically modified cassia galactomannan product obtained in the reactions schematically represented by (XIV) and (XV) above can be cationically derivatized to obtain the cationically and hydrophilically modified cassia galactomannans of the invention. In one embodiment, the reaction product obtained in reaction scheme (XIV) is reacted with a cationic functionalization reagent as follows:

wherein R¹, independently, represents a divalent C₁-C₄ alkylene radical; R², independently, represents hydrogen and methyl; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl and

R³, R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl groups; X⁻ represents an anion selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, methylsulfate, sulfonate, nitrate, phosphate, and acetate; n represents the number of hydroxyl groups on the cassia galactomannan backbone; c is as previously defined; x represents the average total substitution of the hydrophilic moiety on the galactomannan backbone; y represents the average total cationic substitution on the hydrophilically derivatized cassia galactomannan backbone, wherein the sum of x and y can not be greater than n; and the result of the difference of n−x represents the free hydroxyl groups remaining on the derivatized backbone.

In another embodiment, the reaction product obtained in reaction scheme (XV) is reacted with a cationic functionalization reagent as follows:

wherein R¹, independently, represents a divalent C₁-C₄ alkylene radical; R^(2′), independently, is selected from hydrogen, and

where R³, R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl groups; X⁻ represents an anion selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, methylsulfate, sulfonate, nitrate, phosphate, and acetate; n represents the number of hydroxyl groups on the cassia galactomannan backbone; c is as previously defined; x represents the average total degree of substitution of the hydrophilic moiety on the galactomannan backbone; y represents the average total degree of cationic substitution on the hydrophilically derivatized cassia galactomannan backbone, wherein the sum of x and y can not be greater than n; and the result of the difference of n−x represents the free hydroxyl groups remaining on the derivatized backbone.

In one aspect of the invention set forth in reaction schemes (XIV) and (XV) depicted above, underivatized Cassia is subjected to a hydrophilization reaction to obtain a hydrophilically modified product(s). The hydrophilically modified product(s) is subsequently derivatized with a cationic functionalization reagent as set forth in reaction schemes (XVI) and (XVII) to obtain the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannan of the invention. As discussed above, it is readily apparent to the artisan of ordinary skill in the art that the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia galactomannans of the invention can also be prepared by reacting an epoxy group containing cationic functionalizing reagent selected from formulae (XII), (XIII) and mixtures thereof with a hydroxyl group(s) on the backbone units of underivatized Cassia galactomannan followed by subsequent hydrophilization with a hydrophilization reagent selected from a (C₁-C₄) alkylene oxide or a hydrophilization reagent conforming to formula (IX). As set forth previously, any of the following reaction schemes can be utilized to synthesize the hydrophilically modified, cationic Cassia galactomannans of the invention (1) hydrophilization followed by cationization; (2) cationization followed by hydrophilization; (3) simultaneous hydrophilization and cationization; (4) a sequential series of hydrophilization steps followed by a sequential series of cationization steps; (5) a sequential series of cationization steps followed by a sequential series of hydrophilization steps; (6) alternating hydrophilization and cationization steps; and (7) any variation of the foregoing procedures.

The hydrophilically modified, cationic derivatized Cassia galactomannans of this invention can be employed as deposition aids, film formers, conditioners, fixative agents, emulsifiers, stabilizers, moisturizers, spreading aids and carriers for enhancing the efficacy, deposition or delivery of chemically and physiologically active ingredients and cosmetic materials, and as vehicles for improving the psychosensory, and aesthetic properties of a formulation in which they are included. The cationic character of the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of this invention makes them useful as antistatic agents, and, under certain conditions, may also provide biocidal, bacteriostatic, preservative, and anti-microbial activity. These polymer compositions can be utilized in a variety of products for personal care, health care, household care, institutional and industrial (collectively “I&I”) care, and in a variety of products for medical and industrial applications. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer compositions of this invention are preferably incorporated in compositions that are non-alkaline, i.e., acidic to substantially neutral in pH, but are not limited thereto.

Some embodiments of the invention relate to the use of cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia derivatives as multi-functional polymer ingredients in personal care, health care, household, institutional and industrial product applications and the like. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers can be employed as emulsifiers, spreading aids and carriers for enhancing the efficacy, deposition and delivery of chemically and physiologically active ingredients and cosmetic materials, and as a vehicle for improving the psychosensory and aesthetic properties of a formulation in which they are included. The term “personal care products” as used herein includes, without limitation, cosmetics, toiletries, cosmeceuticals, beauty aids, personal hygiene and cleansing products that are applied to the skin, hair, scalp, and nails of humans and animals. The term “health care products” as used herein includes, without limitation, pharmaceuticals, pharmacosmetics, oral care products (mouth, teeth), eye care products, ear care products and over-the-counter products and appliances, such as patches, plasters, dressings and the like. The term also includes medical devices that are externally applied to or into the body of humans and animals for ameliorating a health related or medical condition. The term “body” includes the keratinous (hair, nails) and non-keratinous skin areas of the entire body (face, trunk, limbs, hands and feet), the tissues of body openings and the eyes. The term “skin” includes the scalp and mucous membranes. The term “household care products” as used herein includes, without limitation, products being employed in a household for surface protection and/or cleaning including biocidal cleaning products for maintaining sanitary conditions in the kitchen and bathroom and laundry products for fabric cleaning and the like. The term “institutional and industrial products” as used herein includes, without limitation, products employed for protection and/or cleaning or maintaining sanitary conditions in industrial and institutional environments, including hospitals and health care facilities, and the like.

The amount of cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer that can be employed depends upon the purpose for which it is included in the formulation and can be readily determined by person skilled in the formulation arts. Thus, as long as the physicochemical and functional properties of the compositions containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition are achieved, a useful amount of the polymer, active weight percent, on a total composition weight basis, typically can vary in the range of about 0.01% to about 50%, but is not limited thereto. In a given composition or application, therefore, the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition of this invention can, but need not, serve more than one function, such as thickener and conditioner, film-former and carrier, and the like, as described in more detail below.

Compositions containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer composition of this invention can be packaged and dispensed from containers, such as jars, bottles, tubes, spray bottles, wipes, cans, roll-on containers, stick containers, and the like, without limitation. There is no limitation as to the form of product in which the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition can be incorporated, so long as the purpose for which the product is used is achieved. For example, personal care and health care products containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition can be applied to the skin, hair, scalp and nails in the form of, without being limited thereto, gels, sprays (liquid or foam), emulsions (creams, lotions, pastes), liquids (rinses, shampoos), bars, ointments, suppositories, impregnated wipes, patches, and the like.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer compositions of the invention are suitable for the preparation of personal care (cosmetics, toiletries, cosmeceuticals) and topical health care products, including without limitation, hair care products, such as shampoos (including combination shampoos, such as “two-in-one” conditioning shampoos); post-shampoo rinses; setting and style maintenance agents including setting aids, such as gels and sprays, grooming aids, such as pomades, conditioners, perms, relaxers, hair smoothing products, and the like; skin care products (facial, body, hands, scalp and feet), such as creams, lotions, conditioners, and cleansing products; antiacne products; antiaging products (exfoliant, keratolytic, anticellulite, antiwrinkle, and the like); skin protectants such as sunscreens, sunblock, barrier creams, oils, silicones, and the like; skin color products (whiteners, lighteners, sunless tanning accelerators, and the like); hair colorants (hair dyes, hair color rinses, highlighters, bleaches and the like); pigmented skin colorants (face and body makeups, foundation creams, mascara, rouge, lip products, and the like); bath and shower products (body cleansers, body wash, shower gel, liquid soap, soap bars, syndet bars, conditioning liquid bath oil, bubble bath, bath powders, and the like); nail care products (polishes, polish removers, strengtheners, lengtheners, hardeners, cuticle removers, softeners, and the like); and any aqueous acidic to substantially neutral to basic composition to which an effective amount of the present polymers can be incorporated for achieving a beneficial or desirable, physical or chemical, effect therein during storage and/or usage.

Toiletries and health and beauty aids, commonly referred to as HBAs, containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition of this invention, can include, without limitation, hair-removal products (shaving creams and lotions, depilatories, after-shave skin conditioners, and the like); deodorants and antiperspirants; oral care products (mouth, teeth and gums), such as mouthwash, dentifrice, such as toothpaste, tooth powder, tooth polishes, tooth whiteners, breath fresheners, denture adhesives, and the like; facial and body hair bleach; and the like. Other health and beauty aids that can contain the present cationically and hydrophilically modified polymers, include, without limitation, sunless tanning applications containing artificial tanning accelerators, such as dihydroxyacetone (DHA), tyrosine, tyrosine esters, and the like; skin depigmenting, whitening, and lightening formulations containing such active ingredients as kojic acid, hydroquinone, arbutin, fruital, vegetal or plant extracts, (lemon peel extract, chamomile, green tea, paper mulberry extract, and the like), ascorbyl acid derivatives (ascorbyl palmitate, ascorbyl stearate, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, and the like); foot care products, such as keratolytic corn and callous removers, foot soaks, foot powders (medicated, such as antifungal athlete's foot powder, ointments, sprays, and the like, and antiperspirant powders, or non-medicated moisture absorbent powder), liquid foot sprays (non-medicated, such as cooling, and deodorant sprays, and medicated antifungal sprays, antiperspirant sprays, and the like), and foot and toenail conditioners (lotions and creams, nail softeners, and the like).

Topical health and beauty aids that can include the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition of this invention (e.g., as spreading aids and film formers) include, without being limited thereto, skin protective spray, cream, lotion, gel, stick and powder products, such as insect repellants, itch relief, antiseptics, disinfectants, sun blocks, sun screens, skin tightening and toning milks, and lotions, wart removal compositions, and the like.

In a given composition or application, the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of this invention can, but need not, serve more than one function, such as a fixative, thickener, skin and hair conditioner, film former and carrier or deposition aid. In a personal care composition, the amount of cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer that can be employed depends upon the purpose for which they are included in the formulation and can be determined by person skilled in the formulation art. Thus, as long as the desired physicochemical and functional properties are achieved, a useful amount of cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer on a total composition weight basis, typically can vary in the range of from about 0.01% to about 50% in one aspect of the invention, from about 0.1 wt. % to about 35 wt. % in another aspect, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 25 wt. % in a further aspect, and from 1 to about 10 wt. % in a still further aspect of the invention, based on the total weight of the composition, but is not limited thereto.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention can be employed as conditioners and/or deposition aids in hair fixative and styling shampoo compositions. In addition, they can be employed as a fixative agent in a hair fixative composition. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer can be used in shampoos and conditioners to facilitate combability. The positively charged nitrogen atom interacts with the negatively charged hair fibers to form films. They also make the hair feel softer and smoother to the touch without creating excessive residual build-up. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers can be used as part of a conditioner package in a conditioning detersive formulation that not only imparts cleansing, wet detangling, dry detangling and manageability attributes to the hair, but also is relatively non-irritating. This composition is thus suitable for use by young children and adults having sensitive skin and eyes. In addition, cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer has been found to be an excellent deposition aid in the deposition of conditioning and therapeutic agents to the hair.

As is discussed herein, the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention permit, facilitate and/or enhance the delivery, deposition and/or activity of one or more active ingredients utilized in a personal care, home care, health care, and institutional care formulations, and for improving the psychosensory and aesthetic properties of a topical formulation in which they are included. Examples of such active ingredients include, but are not limited to, caffeine, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, anti-stretch mark compounds, astringents (e.g., alum, oatmeal, yarrow, witch hazel, bayberry, and isopropyl alcohol), draining compounds, hair growth promoting compounds (e.g., monoxidil), skin and hair nourishing compounds, skin and hair protecting compounds, self-tanning compounds (e.g., mono- or polycarbonyl compounds such as, for example, isatin, alloxan, ninhydrin, glyceraldehyde, mesotartaric aldehyde, glutaraldehyde, erythrulose, tyrosine, tyrosine esters, and dihydroxyacetone), sunscreens (e.g., ethylhexyl methoxy cinnamate, octinoxate, octisalate, oxybenzone), skin lighteners (e.g., kojic acid, hydroquinone, arbutin, fruital, vegetal or plant extracts, such as lemon peel extract, chamomile, green tea, paper mulberry extract, and the like, ascorbyl acid derivatives, such as ascorbyl palmitate, ascorbyl stearate, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, and the like), lip plumping compounds, anti-aging, anti-cellulite, and anti-acne compounds (e.g., acidic agents such as alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs), beta-hydroxy acids (BHAs), alpha amino-acids, alpha-keto acids (AKAs), acetic acid, azelaic acid, and mixtures thereof), anti-dandruff compounds (e.g., zinc pyrithione, zinc omadine, miconazole nitrate, selenium sulfide, piroctone olamine) anti-inflammatory compounds (e.g., aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen), analgesics (e.g., acetaminophen), antioxidant compounds, antiperspirant compounds (e.g., aluminum halides, aluminum hydroxyhalides, aluminum sulfate, zirconium (zirconyl)oxyhalides, zirconium (zirconyl)hydroxyhalides, and mixtures or complexes thereof), deodorant compounds (e.g., 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP), ammonium phenolsulfonate; benzalkonium chloride; benzethonium chloride, bromochlorophene, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, cetyl pyridinium chloride, chlorophyllin-copper complex, chlorothymol, chloroxylenol, cloflucarban, dequalinium chloride, dichlorophene, dichloro-m-xylenol, disodium dihydroxyethyl sulfosuccinylundecylenate, domiphen bromide, hexachlorophene, lauryl pyridinium chloride, methylbenzethonium chloride, phenol, sodium bicarbonate, sodium phenolsulfonate, triclocarban, triclosan, zinc phenolsulfonate, zinc ricinoleate, and mixtures thereof), hair fixative polymers (e.g., natural and synthetic polymers such as, for example, polyacrylates, polyvinyls, polyesters, polyurethanes, polyamides, modified cellulose, starches, and mixtures thereof), hair and skin conditioners (e.g., synthetic oils, natural oils, such as vegetable, plant and animal oils, mineral oils, natural and synthetic waxes, cationic polymers, monomeric and polymeric quaternized ammonium salt compounds, silicones such as silicone oils, resins and gums, proteins, hydrolyzed proteins, fatty acids, fatty amines; and mixtures thereof); and suitable mixtures of two or more of the above.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer compositions of this invention are particularly useful as deposition aids for particulates, such as mica, pearlizing agents, beads, and the like, making them suitable for dermal products containing particulates, microabrasives, and abrasives, such as shower gels, masks and skin cleansers containing exfoliating agents. Numerous cosmetically useful particulate exfoliating agents are known in the art, and the selection and amount is determined by the exfoliating effect desired from the use of the composition, as recognized by those skilled in the cosmetic arts. Useful exfoliating agents include, but are not limited to, biological abrasives, inorganic abrasives, synthetic polymers, and the like, and mixtures thereof. Biological abrasives include, without limitation, shell, seed, and kernel or stone granules or powders, obtained from nuts, such as from walnut (Juglans regia) shells, almonds, pecans, and the like; fruit sources, such as apricots, avocados, coconuts, olives, peaches, and the like; vegetal sources, such as corn cob, oat bran, rice, rose hip seed, jojoba (wax, seed powder), microcrystalline cellulose, ground loofa, ground seaweed, and the like; animal sources, such as oyster shell, silk, microcrystalline collagen, and the like. Inorganic abrasives include, without limitation, stannic oxide, talc, silica (hydrated, colloidal and the like), kaolin, precipitated chalk, salts (sodium chloride, dead sea salt, and the like), ground pumice, and the like. Synthetic polymers include, without limitation, microcrystalline polyamides (nylons), microcrystalline polyesters (polycarbonates), and the like.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of this invention are useful as thickeners and film-formers in a variety of dermatological, cosmeceutical compositions employed for topically ameliorating skin conditions caused by drying, photo-damage, aging, acne, and the like, containing conditioners, moisturizers, antioxidants, keratolytic agents, vitamins, and the like, typically containing an active acidic ingredient and having a pH in the range of about 0.5 to about 5.

In one cosmeceutical aspect, the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of this invention can be employed as a thickener or deposition aid for active skin treatment lotions and creams containing, as active ingredients, acidic anti-aging, anti-cellulite, and anti-acne agents, hydroxy carboxylic acids, such as alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA), beta-hydroxy acid (BHA), alpha-amino acid, alpha-keto acids (AKAs), and mixtures thereof. In such cosmeceuticals, AHAs can include, but are not limited to, lactic acid, glycolic acid, fruit acids, such as malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, extracts of natural compounds containing AHA, such as apple extract, apricot extract, and the like, honey extract, 2-hydroxyoctanoic acid, glyceric acid (dihydroxypropionic acid), tartronic acid (hydroxypropanedioic acid), gluconic acid, mandelic acid, benzilic acid, azelaic acid, alpha-lipoic acid, salicylic acid, AHA salts and derivatives, such as arginine glycolate, ammonium glycolate, sodium glycolate, arginine lactate, ammonium lactate, sodium lactate, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid, alpha-hydroxyisocaproic acid, alpha-hydroxyisovaleric acid, atrolactic acid, and the like. BHAs can include, but are not limited to, 3-hydroxy propanoic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-phenyl lactic acid, beta-phenylpyruvic acid, and the like. Alpha-amino acids include, without being limited thereto, alpha-amino dicarboxylic acids, such as aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and mixtures thereof, sometimes employed in combination with fruit acid. AKAs include pyruvic acid. In some antiaging compositions, the acidic active agent may be retinoic acid, a halocarboxylic acid, such as trichloroacetic acid, an acidic antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a mineral acid, phytic acid, lysophosphatidic acid, and the like. Some acidic anti-acne actives, for example, can include salicylic acid, derivatives of salicylic acid, such as 5-octanoylsalicylic acid, retinoic acid, and its derivatives.

A discussion of the use and formulation of active skin treatment compositions is in Cosmetics & Toiletries®, C&T Ingredient Resource Series, “AHAs & Cellulite Products How They Work”, published 1995, and “Cosmeceuticals”, published 1998, both available from Allured Publishing Corporation, incorporated herein by reference. Compositions containing alpha-amino acids acidified with ascorbic acid are described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,197,317 B1, and a commercial cosmeceutical preparation utilizing these acids in an anti-aging, skin care regimen is sold under the tradename, AFAs, by exCel Cosmeceuticals (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). The term “AFA”, as described in the supplier's trade literature, was coined by the developer to describe the amino acid/vitamin C combination as Amino Fruit Acids and as the acronym for “Amino acid Filaggrin based Antioxidants.”

Other health care products in which cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers can be included are medical products, such as topical and non-topical pharmaceuticals, and devices. In the formulation of pharmaceuticals, the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition of this invention can be employed as a thickener and/or lubricant in such products as creams, pomades, gels, pastes, ointments, tablets, gel capsules, purgative fluids (enemas, emetics, colonics, and the like), suppositories, anti-fungal foams, eye products (ophthalmic products, such as eye drops, artificial tears, glaucoma drug delivery drops, contact lens cleaner, and the like), ear products (wax softeners, wax removers, otitis drug delivery drops, and the like), nasal products (drops, ointments, sprays, and the like), and wound care (liquid bandages, wound dressings, antibiotic creams, ointments, and the like), without limitation thereto.

The film-forming cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of this invention make them particularly suitable as a vehicle for topical medical compositions for promoting and enhancing the transdermal delivery of active ingredients to or through the skin, for enhancing the efficacy of anti-acne agents formulations and topical analgesics, and for controlling release of drugs, such as antacids from tablets, or syrups, at low pH, such as in the stomach; controlling drug release from tablets, lozenges, chewables, and the like in the mildly acidic environment of the mouth; or from suppositories, ointments, creams, and the like in the mildly acidic environment of the vagina; to promote deposition of dandruff control agents from shampoos, salves, and the like; to enhance the deposition of colorants on skin from pigmented cosmetics (makeups, lipsticks, rouges, and the like) and on hair from hair dyes, and the like.

In addition to the foregoing, the cationic character of the Cassia polymers of the present invention and its cationic compatibility makes the polymer useful as a thickener or deposition aid for antistatic, biocidal, antimicrobial, and other preservative compositions, in a variety of personal care, health care, I&I, and medical applications. For example, the polymer can be employed as a thickener in over-the-counter (OTC) health care and pharmaceutical products where cationic biocides are typically employed, such as in oral care compositions for plaque and tartar control, and liquid vehicles containing therapeutic agents, such as syrups, gels, and the like. Under certain controlled pH conditions, the cationic character of the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition of this invention, itself, may also provide antistatic activity or biocidal, antimicrobial, or like preservative activity.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention can be employed, without limitation, as a lubricant coating for medical devices, such as soft tissue implants, surgical gloves, catheters, cannulae, and the like, as removable protective film coatings for medical instruments, wound dressings, and the like, as a muco-adhesive, especially in the acid environment of the stomach, as a carrier and thickener in formulated products for medical applications, such as disinfectant hand creams, antiviral products (for anionic viruses), antibiotic ointments, sprays and creams, non-drip, sprayable disinfectant in hospitals, hard surface antimicrobial finish applied during routine maintenance, and the like.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention can be used in home care, and I&I applications, for example, as a rheology modifier, fabric conditioning agent, antistatic agent, especially to improve formulation efficiency through “cling-on-surface” or improving efficacy of disinfectants, and biocidal formulations, and to synergistically improve fabric softening efficacy in combination with traditional fabric softeners. Typical household and I&I products that may contain polymers of the invention, include, without being limited thereto, laundry and fabric care products, such as detergents, fabric softeners (liquids or sheets), ironing sprays, dry cleaning aids, anti-wrinkle sprays, spot removers and the like; hard surface cleansers for the kitchen and bathroom and utilities and appliances employed or located therein, such as toilet bowl gels, tub and shower cleaners, hard water deposit removers, floor and tile cleansers, wall cleansers, floor and chrome fixture polishes, alkali-strippable vinyl floor cleaners, marble and ceramic cleaners, air freshener gels, liquid cleansers for dishes, and the like; disinfectant cleaners, such as toilet bowl and bidet cleaners, disinfectant hand soaps, room deodorizers, and the like.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention can be utilized as rheology modifiers, dispersants, stabilizers, promoters, or antimicrobials, and the like, in industrial product applications, such as, without being limited thereto, textiles (processing, finishing, printing, and dyeing aids, protective washable surface coatings, manufacture of synthetic leather by saturation of non-woven fabrics, and the like, manufacturing of woven fabrics, non-woven fabrics, natural and synthetic fibers and the like); water treatments (waste water, cooling water, potable water purification, and the like); chemical spill containments (acid-spill absorbent, and the like); leather and hide processing (processing aids, finishing, coating, embossing, and the like); paper and papermaking (surface coatings, such as pigmented coatings, antistatic coatings, and the like, pulp binders, surface sizings, dry and wet strength enhancers, manufacture of wet-laid felts, and the like); printing (inks, anti-wicking ink-jet printer inks, thickeners for ink formulations containing cationic dyes for printing acrylic fabrics, and the like); paints (pigment and grinding additive); industrial plant effluent treatment (flocculents for phenolics in paper mill effluent, and the like); metal working (acid etch cleaners, low pH metal coatings, pickling agents in cold rolled steel processing, and the like); adhesives (clear adhesives, adhesion promoters for metal, plastic, wood, and the like, non-woven floc adhesive tie coatings, bonding, and the like); wood preservation; and industrial construction products for buildings and roads (cement plasticizers, asphalt emulsion stabilizers at low pH, acid etch for cement, consistency modifiers of concrete, mortar, putty, and the like). The polymers of the present invention are particularly useful as thickeners for rust removers, acid truck cleaners, scale removers, and the like, and as dispersion stabilizers of products containing particulates, such as clay, pigments (titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, and other minerals), abrasives, and the like, employed in a variety of the foregoing industrial applications, and in drilling muds.

Products containing cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention can contain various conventional additives and adjuvants known in the art, some of which can serve more than one function. The amounts employed will vary with the purpose and character of the product and can be readily determined by one skilled in the formulation arts and from the literature. The term “cosmetic adjuvant” includes cosmetically and pharmaceutically acceptable product stabilizing and product finishing agents that maintain the physical stability of the composition and its visible aesthetic appearance and market appeal during the useful shelf life of the composition.

The term “fixative” as applied to polymers encompasses the properties of film-formation, adhesion, or coating deposited on a surface on which the polymer is applied. The terms “hair styling and hair fixative” as commonly understood in the hair care arts, and as used herein, refer collectively to hair setting agents that are hair fixatives and film formers and which are topically applied to the hair to actively contribute to the ease of styling and/or holding of a hair set, and to maintain the restylability of the hair set. Hence, hair setting compositions include hair styling, hair fixative, and hair grooming products that conventionally are applied to the hair (wet or dry) in the form of gels, rinses, emulsions (oil-in-water, water-in-oil or multiphase), such as lotions and creams, pomades, sprays (pressurized or non-pressurized), spritzes, foams, such as mousses, shampoos, solids, such as sticks, semisolids and the like, or are applied from a hair setting aid having the hair setting composition impregnated therein or coated thereon, to leave the hair setting agent in contact on the hair for some period until removed, as by washing.

The term “conditioning agents”, and grammatical variations thereof, as it relates to compositions for skin care and hair care includes cosmetically and pharmaceutically useful materials that can function as humectants, moisturizers, and emollients. It is recognized that some conditioning agents can serve more than one function in a composition, such as an emulsifying agent, a lubricant, and/or a solvent. Conditioning agents include any material which is used to give a particular conditioning benefit to hair and/or skin. In hair treatment compositions, suitable conditioning agents are those which deliver one or more benefits relating to shine, softness, combability, antistatic properties, wet-handling, damage repair, manageability, detangling, body, and lubricity. Suitable conditioning agents for use in personal cleansing compositions are those conditioning agents characterized generally as silicones (e.g. silicone fluids, silicone oils, cationic silicones, silicone gums, high refractive silicones, silicone resins, emulsified silicones, and dimethicone copolyols), organic conditioning oils (e.g. hydrocarbon oils, natural oils, polyolefins, and fatty esters), natural and synthetic waxes, fatty esters, cationic polymers (including polyquaternium polymers), monomeric quaternary ammonium compounds, and combinations thereof.

A preferred hair care composition embodiment comprises a cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of the present invention in an amount effective to provide to the hair care composition a property, such as a hair fixative property, a hair conditioning property, a viscid property (thickening, rheology modifying), or a combination thereof. Optionally, the hair care composition can include one or more auxiliary film-forming agent, auxiliary hair-fixative agent, auxiliary hair conditioning agent, auxiliary rheology modifying agent, propellants, and a combination thereof.

A preferred skin care composition embodiment comprises a cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of the present invention in an amount effective to provide to the skin care composition a property, such as a skin conditioning property, a viscid property (thickening, rheology modifying), or a combination thereof. Optionally, the skin care composition can include one or more auxiliary skin conditioning agent, auxiliary rheology modifying agent, or a mixture thereof.

Product formulations comprising a cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of this invention can contain various additives and cosmetic adjuvants, conventionally or popularly included in personal care, household care, institutional care, and industrial care products, and in industrial processes, including, without being limited thereto, acidifying or alkalizing pH adjusting agents (neutralizing agents) and buffering agents; auxiliary fixatives and film formers, such as nonionic, anionic, cationic, or amphoteric polymers of synthetic or natural origin, and the like; auxiliary rheology modifiers, such as viscosity-increasing polymeric, gum, or resin thickeners or gellants; additives, such as emulsifiers, emulsion stabilizers, waxes, dispersants, and the like, and viscosity control agents, such as solvents, electrolytes, and the like; auxiliary conditioning agents, such as antistatic agents, synthetic oils, vegetable or animal oils, silicone oils, monomeric or polymeric quaternized ammonium compounds and derivatives thereof, sheen enhancers, moisturizers, emollients, humectants, lubricants, sunscreen agents, and the like; oxidizing agents; reducing agents; surfactants, such as anionic, cationic, nonionic, amphoteric, zwitterionic surfactants, and silicone derivatives thereof; polymer film modifying agents, such as plasticizers, tackifiers, detackifiers, wetting agents, and the like; product stabilizing and finishing agents, such as chelating agents, opacifiers, pearlescing agents, proteinaceous materials and derivatives thereof, vitamins and derivatives thereof, preservatives, fragrances, solubilizers, colorants (temporary or permanent), such as pigments and dyes, UV absorbers, and the like; propellants (water-miscible or water-immiscible), such as fluorinated hydrocarbons, liquid volatile hydrocarbons, compressed gases, and the like; and mixtures thereof.

Additives and adjuvant ingredients, products, or materials, which may be employed with the inventive cationically and hydrophilically modified polymer composition discussed herein will be referred to by the international nomenclature commonly referred to as INCI name given them in the International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, published by the Personal Care Products Council (formally the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association), Washington D.C. (hereafter INCI Dictionary), such as can be found in any edition thereof, for example, Volumes 1 and 2, Sixth Edition, (1995) or Volumes 1-3, Seventh and Eighth Editions, (1997, 2000), or by their commonly used chemical names. Numerous commercial suppliers of materials listed by INCI name, trade name or both can be found in the INCI Dictionary and in numerous commercial trade publications, including but not limited to the 2001 McCutcheon's Directories, Volume 1: Emulsifiers & Detergents and Volume 2: Functional Materials, published by McCutcheon's Division, The Manufacturing Confectioner Publishing Co., Glen Rock, N.J. (2001); and 2001 Cosmetic Bench Reference, edition of Cosmetics & Toiletries®, 115 (13), published by Allured Publishing Corporation, Carol Stream, Ill. (2001); the relevant disclosures of each are incorporated herein by reference. Such components and the formulation of compositions are also described in detail in well known references, such as Cosmetics Science and Technology, First Edition (Sagarin (ed)), published 1957, and Second Edition (Balsam, et al. (eds)), published 1972-74; and The Chemistry and Manufacture of Cosmetics, Second Edition (deNavarre (ed)), published 1975, and Third Edition (Schlossman (ed)), published 2000, both available from Allured Publishing Corporation; Rieger (ed), Harry's Cosmeticology, 8th Edition, Chemical Publishing, Co., Inc., New York, N.Y. (2000); and various formularies available to those skilled in the pharmaceutical arts, such as Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fourteenth Edition, Mack Publishing Company, Easton, Pa. (1970); the relevant disclosures of each are incorporated herein by reference.

It is known that formulated compositions for personal care and topical, dermatological, health care, which are applied to the skin and mucous membranes for cleansing or soothing, are compounded with many of the same or similar physiologically tolerable ingredients and formulated in the same or similar product forms, differing primarily in the purity grade of ingredient selected, by the presence of medicaments or pharmaceutically accepted compounds, and by the controlled conditions under which products may be manufactured. Likewise, many of the ingredients employed in products for households, and I&I are the same or similar to the foregoing, differing primarily in the amounts and material grade employed. It is also known that the selection and permitted amount of ingredients also may be subject to governmental regulations, on a national, regional, local, and international level. Thus, discussion herein of various useful ingredients for personal care and health care products may apply to household and I&I products and industrial applications.

The choice and amount of ingredients in formulated compositions containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of this invention will vary depending on the product and its function, as is well known to those skilled in the formulation arts. Formulation ingredients for personal care and topical health care products typically can include, but are not limited to, solvents, surfactants (as cleansing agents, emulsifying agents, foam boosters, hydrotropes, solubilizing agents, and suspending agents), non-surfactant suspending agents, emulsifiers, skin conditioning agents (emollients, humectants, moisturizers, and the like), hair conditioning agents, hair fixatives, film-formers, skin protectants, binders, chelating agents, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents, antidandruff agents, abrasives, adhesives, absorbents, dyes, deodorant agents, antiperspirant agents, opacifying and pearlescing agents, antioxidants, preservatives, propellants, spreading aids, sunscreen agents, sunless skin tanning accelerators, ultraviolet light absorbers, pH adjusting agents, botanicals, hair colorants, oxidizing agents, reducing agents, hair and skin bleaching agents, pigments, physiologically active agents, anti-inflammatory agents, topical anesthetics, fragrance and fragrance solubilizers, and the like, in addition to ingredients previously discussed that may not appear herein. Oral care products, for example, can contain anticaries, anti-tartar and/or anti-plaque agents in addition to surfactants, abrasives, humectants, and flavorants. An extensive listing of substances and their conventional functions and product categories appears in the INCI Dictionary, generally, and in Vol. 2, Sections 4 and 5 of the Seventh Edition, in particular, incorporated herein by reference.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention are particularly useful for water-based, solvent based, hydroalcoholic based, and mixed solvent formulations, and for formulations containing water-miscible auxiliary solvents, but are not limited thereto. Useful solvents commonly employed are typically liquids, such as water (deionized, distilled or purified), polyols, and the like, and mixtures thereof. Non-aqueous or hydrophobic auxiliary solvents are commonly employed in substantially water-free products, such as nail lacquers, aerosol propellant sprays, or for specific functions, such as removal of oily soils, sebum, make-up, or for dissolving dyes, fragrances, and the like, or are incorporated in the oily phase of an emulsion. Non-limiting examples of auxiliary solvents, other than water, include linear and branched C₁-C₆ alcohols, such as ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, hexanol, and mixtures thereof; aromatic alcohols, such as benzyl alcohol, cycloaliphatic alcohols, such as cyclohexanol, and the like; saturated C₁₂-C₃₀ fatty alcohol, such as lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, and the like. Non-limiting examples of polyols include polyhydroxy alcohols, such as glycerin, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, C₂-C₄ alkoxylated alcohols and C₂-C₄ alkoxylated polyols, such as ethoxylated, propoxylated, and butoxylated ethers of alcohols, diols, and polyols having about 2 to about 30 carbon atoms and 1 to about 40 alkoxy units, polypropylene glycol, polybutylene glycol, and the like. Non-limiting examples of non-aqueous auxiliary solvents include silicones, and silicone derivatives, such as cyclomethicone, and the like, aliphatic solvents such as cyclohexane and heptane, ketones such as acetone and methyl ethyl ketone, and mixtures thereof; ethers such as dimethyl ether, dimethoxymethane, and mixtures thereof, natural and synthetic oils and waxes, such as vegetable oils, plant oils, animal oils, essential oils, mineral oils, C₇-C₄₀ isoparaffins, alkyl carboxylic esters, such as ethyl acetate, amyl acetate, ethyl lactate, and the like, jojoba oil, shark liver oil, and the like. Mixtures of the foregoing solvents can also be utilized in combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention. Some of the foregoing non-aqueous auxiliary solvents may also function as conditioners and emulsifiers.

Surfactants are generally employed as cleansing agents, emulsifying agents, foam boosters, hydrotropes and suspending agents. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention may be employed in formulations containing all classes of surfactants, i.e., anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants. The term “amphoteric surfactant” as used herein includes zwitterionic surfactants. In addition to the foregoing references, discussions of the classes of surfactants are in Cosmetics & Toiletries® C&T Ingredient Resource Series, “Surfactant Encyclopedia”, 2nd Edition, Rieger (ed), Allured Publishing Corporation (1996); Schwartz, et al., Surface Active Agents, Their Chemistry and Technology, published 1949; and Surface Active Agents and Detergents, Volume II, published 1958, Interscience Publishers; each incorporated herein by reference.

Surprisingly, the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention are useful as thickeners and deposition aids in compositions containing a relatively high concentration (about 10-40 weight percent) of anionic surfactant, such as shampoos and two-in-one type liquid conditioning/cleansers for hair and body (bath) products.

Anionic surfactants include substances having a negatively charged hydrophobe or that carry a negative charge when the pH is elevated to neutrality or above, such as acylamino acids, and salts thereof, for example, acylglutamates, acyl peptides, sarcosinates, and taurates; carboxylic acids, and salts thereof, for example, alkanolic acids and alkanoates, ester carboxylic acids, and ether carboxylic acids; phosphoric acid ester and salts thereof; sulfonic acids and salts thereof, for example, acyl isethionates, alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfonates, and sulfosuccinates; and sulfuric acid esters, such as alkyl ether sulfates and alkyl sulfates.

Non-limiting examples of anionic surfactants include mono-basic salts of acylglutamates that are slightly acidic in aqueous solution, such as sodium acylglutamate and sodium hydrogenated tallow glutamate; salts of acyl-hydrolyzed protein, such as potassium, palmitoyl hydrolyzed milk protein, sodium cocoyl hydrolyzed soy protein, and TEA-abietoyl hydrolyzed collagen; salts of acyl sarcosinates, such as ammonium myristoyl sarcosine, sodium cocoyl sarcosinate, and TEA-lauroyl sarcosinate; salts of sodium methyl acyltaurates, such as sodium lauroyl taurate and sodium methyl cocoyl taurate; alkanoic acids and alkanoates, such as fatty acids derived from animal and vegetable glycerides that form water-soluble soaps and water-insoluble emulsifying soaps, including sodium stearate, aluminum stearate, and zinc undecylenate; ester carboxylic acids, such as dinonoxynol-9-citrate; salts of acyl lactylates such as calcium stearoyl lactylate and laureth-6 citrate; ethercarboxylic acids derived from ethyoxylated alcohols or phenols having varying lengths of polyoxyethylene chains, such as nonoxynol-8 carboxylic acid, and sodium trideceth-13 carboxylate; mono- and di-esters of phosphoric acid and their salts, such as phospholipids, dilaureth-4-phosphate, DEA-oleth-10 phosphate and triethanolamine lauryl phosphate; salts of acylisethionate, such as sodium cocoyl isethionate; alkylarylbenzene sulfonates, such as alpha-olefin sulfonate (AOS) and alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and alkanolamine salts thereof, and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate; alkyl sulfonates, such as sodium C₁₂-C₁₄ olefin sulfonate, sodium cocomonoglyceride sulfonate, sodium C₁₂-C₁₅ pareth-15 sulfonate, and sodium lauryl sulfoacetate; sulfosuccinates, such as mono- and di-esters of sulfosuccinic acid, salts thereof and alkoxylated alkyl and alkylamido derivatives thereof, such as di-C₄-C₁₀ alkyl sodium sulfosuccinate, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, disodium oleamido MEA-sulfosuccinate, and disodium C₁₂-C₁₅ pareth sulfosuccinate; alkyl ether sulfates, such as sodium and ammonium lauryl ether sulfate (having about 1 to about 12 moles ethylene oxide); alkyl sulfates, such as sodium, ammonium and triethanolamine salts of C₁₂-C₁₈ alkylsulfates, sodium C₁₂-C₁₄ olefin sulfates, sodium laureth-6 carboxylate, sodium C₁₂-C₁₈ pareth sulfate, and the like.

Cationic surfactants can have a hydrophobe that carries a positive charge or that is uncharged at pH values close to neutrality or lower, such as alkylamines, alkyl imidazolines, ethoxylated amines, and quaternary ammonium compounds. Cationic surfactants used in cosmetics are preferably N-derivatives and the neutralizing anion may be inorganic or organic. Among the cationic surfactant materials useful herein are quaternary ammonium compounds corresponding to the general formula: (R¹⁰R¹¹R¹²R¹³N⁺) E⁻, wherein each of R¹⁰, R¹¹, R¹², and R¹³ are independently selected from an aliphatic group having from 1 to about 22 carbon atoms, or an aromatic, alkoxy, polyoxyalkylene, alkylamido, hydroxyalkyl, aryl or alkylaryl group having 1 to about 22 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain; and E⁻ is a salt-forming anion such as those selected from halogen, (e.g. chloride, bromide), acetate, citrate, lactate, glycolate, phosphate, nitrate, sulfate, and alkylsulfate. The aliphatic groups can contain, in addition to carbon and hydrogen atoms, ether linkages, ester linkages, and other groups such as amino groups. The longer chain aliphatic groups, e.g., those of about 12 carbons, or higher, can be saturated or unsaturated.

Alkylamines can be salts of primary, secondary and tertiary fatty C₁₂-C₂₂ alkylamines, substituted or unsubstituted, and substances sometimes referred to as “amidoamines”. Non-limiting examples of alkylamines and salts thereof include dimethyl cocamine, dimethyl palmitamine, dioctylamine, dimethyl stearamine, dimethyl soyamine, soyamine, myristyl amine, tridecyl amine, ethyl stearylamine, N-tallowpropane diamine, ethoxylated stearylamine, dihydroxy ethyl stearylamine, arachidylbehenylamine, dimethyl lauramine, stearylamine hydrochloride, soyamine chloride, stearylamine formate, N-tallowpropane diamine dichloride, and amodimethicone (INCI name for a silicone polymer and blocked with amino functional groups, such as aminoethylamino propylsiloxane). Non-limiting examples of amidoamines and salts thereof include stearamido propyl dimethyl amine, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine citrate, palmitamidopropyl diethylamine, and cocamidopropyl dimethylamine lactate. Other cationic surfactants include distearyldimonium chloride, dicetyldimonium chloride, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, and the like. At low pH, amine oxides may protonate and behave similarly to N-alkyl amines.

Non-limiting examples of alkyl imidazolines include alkyl hydroxyethyl imidazoline, such as stearyl hydroxyethyl imidazoline, coco hydroxyethyl imidazoline, ethyl hydroxymethyl oleyl oxazoline, and the like. Non-limiting examples of ethyoxylated amines include PEG-cocopolyamine, PEG-15 tallow amine, quaternium-52, and the like.

Quaternary ammonium compounds can be selected from monomeric or polymeric materials containing at least one nitrogen atom that is linked covalently to four alkyl and/or aryl substituents, and the nitrogen atom remains positively charged regardless of the environmental pH. Quaternary ammonium compounds comprise a large number of substances that are used extensively as surfactants, conditioners, antistatic agents, and antimicrobial agents and include, alkylbenzyldimethyl ammonium salts, alkyl betaines, heterocyclic ammonium salts, and tetraalkylammonium salts. Long-chain (fatty) alkylbenzyldimethyl ammonium salts are preferred as conditioners, as antistatic agents, and as fabric softeners, discussed in more detail below. Other quaternary ammonium compounds include quaternary ammonium silicones. While various quaternary ammonium compounds are listed for a specific purpose, one of ordinary skill will recognize that the quaternary ammonium compounds described here and throughout the specification can serve more than one function.

Non-limiting examples of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium salts include stearalkonium chloride, benzalkonium chloride, quaternium-63, olealkonium chloride, didecyldimonium chloride, and the like. Alkyl betaine compounds include alkylamidopropyl betaine, alkylamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, and sodium alkylamido propyl hydroxyphostaine. Non-limiting examples of alkyl betaine compounds include oleyl betaine, coco-betaine, cocoamidopropyl betaine, coco-hydroxy sultaine, coco/oleamidopropyl betaine, coco-sultaine, cocoamidopropylhydroxy sultaine, and sodium lauramidopropyl hydroxyphostaine. Heterocyclic ammonium salts include alkylethyl morpholinium ethosulfate, isostearyl ethylimidonium ethosulfate, and alkylpyridinium chlorides, and are generally used as emulsifying agents. Non-limiting examples of heterocyclic ammonium salts include cetylpyridinium chloride, isostearylethylimidonium ethosulfate, and the like. Non-limiting examples of tetraalkylammonium salts include cocamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, hydroxyethyl cetyldimonium chloride, quaternium-18, and cocodimonium hyroxypropyl hydrolyzed protein, such as hair keratin, and the like.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention are surprisingly compatible with cationic surfactants and other cationic compounds suitable as antistatic agents, such as those employed in hair care and fabric care products. The term “antistatic agents” as used herein refers to ingredients that alter the electrical properties of cosmetic raw materials or of human body surfaces (skin, hair, etc.) and textiles, for example, by reducing their tendency to acquire an electrical charge and thus, can condition hair, skin and fabrics. The cationic compatibility of the instant cationically and hydrophilically modified polymers makes them suitable for incorporation into formulations containing antistatic agents typically employed in hair care compositions, such as shampoos, post-shampoo conditioning rinses, hair sprays, hair dressings and the like. The antistatic agent can be employed in amounts up to about 30 weight percent of the final composition, but is not limited thereto.

Antistatic agents include, but are not limited to, quaternary ammonium compounds, protein derivatives, synthetic quaternary ammonium polymers, amines, protonated amine oxides, betaines, and the like, which may act as antistatic agents in specific formulations and under controlled pH conditions in addition to any surfactant properties imparted by such materials. In addition to antistatic agents previously discussed, non-limiting examples of quaternary ammonium compounds useful as antistatic agents are acetamidopropyl trimonium chloride, behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, behenamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, behentrimonium chloride, cetethyl morpholinium ethosulfate, cetrimonium chloride, cocoamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, dicetyldimonium chloride, dimethicone hydroxypropyl trimonium chloride, hydroxyethyl behenamidopropyl dimonium chloride, quaternium-26, quaternium-27, quaternium-53, quaternium-63, quaternium-70, quaternium-72, quaternium-76 hydrolyzed collagen, PPG-9 diethylmonium chloride, PPG-25 diethylmonium chloride, PPG-40 diethylmonium chloride, stearalkonium chloride, stearamidopropyl ethyl dimonium ethosulfate, steardimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, steardimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed collagen, wheat germamidopropalkonium chloride, wheat germamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, and the like.

Synthetic quaternary ammonium polymers, include but are not limited to film-forming polymers and conditioning polymers. Non-limiting examples of synthetic quaternary ammonium polymers include polymers and copolymers of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride, such as polyquaternium-4, polyquaternium-6, polyquaternium-7, polyquaternium-22, polyquaternium-10, polyquaternium-11 polyquaternium-15, polyquaternium-16, polyquaternium-24, polyquaternium-28, polyquaternium-32, polyquaternium-33, polyquaternium-35, polyquaternium-37, polyquaternium-39, polyquaternium-44, PEG-2-cocomonium chloride, quaternium-52, and the like.

The term “hair setting composition” encompasses products comprising at least one polymer of the present invention as a hair setting agent, which are applied to the hair (wet or dry) before, during or after configuring the hair into the shape (curly or straight) desired, without limitation as to product form.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention are surprisingly useful in hair setting and hair styling compositions as the sole film-forming, rheology modifying, conditioning fixative agent. The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention are also useful in combination with commercially available auxiliary hair fixative polymers, such as nonionic, cationic, and amphoteric hair setting polymers, cationic conditioning polymers, and combinations thereof. Conventional polymeric hair fixative and hair styling polymers, well known in the art, include natural gums and resins and neutral or anionic polymers of synthetic origin. Listings of commercially available hair fixative and conditioning fixative polymers can be readily found in the INCI Dictionary, in supplier websites, and in the trade literature. See, for example, the Polymer Encyclopedia published in Cosmetics & Toiletries®, 117(12), December 2002 (Allured Publishing Corporation, Carol Stream, Ill.), the relevant disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Suitable commercially available nonionic polymers (i.e., neutral) used as hair styling or fixative polymers include, without limitation thereto, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinylpyrrolidone/vinylacetate copolymer (PVP/VA), and the like. Commercially available cationic fixative polymers include, without limitation thereto, polymers having the INCI name, polyquaternium, such as polyquaternium-4, a diallyldimonium chloride/hydroxyethylcellulose copolymer (such as CELQUAT® H-100, Akzo Nobel); polyquaternium-11, a quaternized vinyl pyrrolidone/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer (such as GAFQUAT® 734, 755, 755N, ISP); polyquaternium-16, a quaternized vinyl pyrrolidone/vinylimidazolium chloride copolymer (such as LUVIQUAT® FC-370, BASF); polyquaternium-28, a vinylpyrrolidone/methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride copolymer (such as GAFQUAT® HS-100, ISP); polyquaternium-46, a quaternized vinylcaprolactam/vinylpyrrolidone/methylvinylimidazolium methosulfate copolymer; polyquaternium-55, a quaternized vinylpyrrolidone/dimethylaminopropylmethylacrylamide/lauryldimethylpropylmethacrylamidoammonium chloride copolymer (such as STYLEZE™ W, ISP), and the like; and amino-substituted polymers which are cationic under acidic pH conditions, such as vinylcaprolactam/PVP/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer (such as GAFFIX® VC-713, ISP); PVP/dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer (such as Copolymer 845, ISP), PVP/DMAPA acrylates copolymer (such as STYLEZE™ CC-10, ISP), the pyrrolidone carboxylic acid salt of chitosan, having the INCI name, Chitosan PCA (such as KYTAMER® PC, Amerchol), and the like.

Suitable amphoteric fixative polymers include, without limitation thereto, octylacryamide/acrylates/butylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer (such as the AMPHOMER® polymers, Akzo Nobel), acrylates/lauryl acrylate/stearyl acrylate/ethylamine oxide methacrylate copolymers (such as the DIAFORMER® polymers, Clariant Corp.), and the like.

Suitable commercial conditioning polymers include polymeric quaternary ammonium salts such as, without being limited thereto, polyquaternium-7, a polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of acrylamide and dimethyl diallylammonium chloride monomers (such as MACKERNIUM™-007, McIntyre Group, Ltd.); polyquaternium-10, a polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethylcellulose reacted with a trimethylammonium substituted epoxide (such as the UCARE® Polymers JR, LK, LR, SR series, Amerchol and CELQUAT® SC series, Akzo Nobel); polyquaternium-39, a polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of acrylic acid, diallyl dimethylammonium chloride and acrylamide (such as the MERQUAT® and MERQUAT® Plus polymers, Ondeo Nalco); quaternized derivatives of natural gums, e.g., guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride (such as the JAGUAR® and JAGUAR® Excel polymers, Rhodia, Inc.), and the like.

A number of quaternary ammonium compounds are used for fabric conditioning and fabric care, generally referred to as fabric softening agents, and are typically employed in amounts of up to about 20 weight percent of the total weight of the formulation, but are not limited thereto. Fabric softening agents useful in combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymers of the present invention generally include long-chain alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds such as dialkyldimethyl quaternary ammonium compounds, imidazoline quaternary compounds, amidoamine quaternary compounds, dialkyl ester quat derivatives of dihydroxypropyl ammonium compounds; dialkyl ester quat derivatives of methyltriethanol ammonium compounds, ester amide amine compounds, and diester quat derivatives of dimethyldiethanol ammonium chloride, as described in the review article by Whalley, “Fabric Conditioning Agents”, HAPPI, pp. 55-58 (February 1995), incorporated herein by reference.

In addition to the previously discussed antistatic agents, non-limiting examples of dialkyldimethyl quaternary ammonium compounds, include N,N-dioleyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, N,N-ditallowyl-N,N-dimethylammonium ethosulfate, N,N-di(hydrogenated-tallowyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, and the like. Non-limiting examples of imidazoline quaternary compounds include 1-N-methyl-3-N-tallowamidoethylimidazolium chloride, 3-methyl-1-tallowylamidoethyl-2-tallowylimidazolinium methylsulfate, available from Witco Chemical Company under the tradename VARISOFT® 475, and the like. Non-limiting examples of amidoamine quaternary compounds include N-alkyl-N-methyl-N,N-bis(2-tallowamidoethyl)ammonium salts where the alkyl group can be methyl, ethyl, hydroxyethyl, and the like. Non-limiting examples of dialkyl ester quat derivatives of dihydroxypropyl ammonium compounds include 1,2-ditallowoyloxy-3-N,N,N-trimethylammoniopropane chloride, 1,2-dicanoloyloxy-3-N,N,N-trimethylammoniopropane chloride, and the like.

In addition, other types of long chain (e.g. natural oil and fatty acid-derived) alkylated quaternary ammonium compounds are suitable fabric softening agents, including, but not limited, to N,N-di(alkyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium salts such as N,N-di(tallowyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, N,N-di(canolyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, and the like; N,N-di(alkyloxyethyl)-N-methyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium salts such as N,N-di(tallowyloxyethyl)-N-methyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium chloride, N,N-di(canolyloxyethyl)-N-methyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium chloride, and the like; N,N-di(2-alkyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium salts, such as N,N-di(2-tallowyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, N,N-di(2-canolyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, and the like; N,N-di(2-alkyloxyethylcarbonyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium salts, such as N,N-di(2-tallowyloxyethylcarbonyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, N,N-di(2-canolyloxyethylcarbonyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, and the like; N-(2-alkanoyloxy-2-ethyl)-N-(2-alkyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium salts, such as N-(2-tallowoyloxy-2-ethyl)-N-(2-tallowyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, N-(2-canoloyloxy-2-ethyl)-N-(2-canolyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, and the like; N,N,N-tri(alkyloxyethyl)-N-methyl ammonium salts, such as N,N,N-tri(tallowyloxyethyl)-N-methylammonium chloride, N,N,N-tri(canolyloxyethyl)-N-methylammonium chloride, and the like; N-(2-alkyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N-alkyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium salts, such as N-(2-tallowyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N-tallowyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, N-(2-canolyloxy-2-oxoethyl)-N-canolyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, and the like.

Preferably, the long-chain alkyl groups are derived from tallow, canola oil, or from palm oil, however, other alkyl groups derived from soybean oil and coconut oil, for example, are also suitable, as are lauryl, oleyl, ricinoleyl, stearyl, palmityl, and like fatty alkyl groups. The quaternary ammonium salt compounds can have any anionic group as a counter-ion, for example, chloride, bromide, methosulfate (i.e. methylsulfate), acetate, formate, sulfate, nitrate, and the like.

Examples of preferred quaternary ammonium fabric softening compounds include N-methyl-N,N-bis(tallowamidoethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium methylsulfate and N-methyl-N,N-bis(hydrogenated-tallowamidoethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) ammonium methylsulfate, each of which materials are available from Witco Chemical Company under the trade names VARISOFT® 222 and VARISOFT® 110, respectively; dialkyl esterquat derivatives of methyltriethanol ammonium salts such as the DEHYQUART® AU series of bis(acyloxyethyl)hydroxyethylmethylammonium methosulfate esterquats available from Cognis, such as DEHYQUART® AU35, AU46, AU56, and the like; and N,N-di(tallowoyloxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, where the tallow chains are at least partially unsaturated. Other preferred fabric softening agents include the well-known dialkyldimethyl ammonium salts such as N,N-ditallowyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium methylsulfate, N,N-di(hydrogenated-tallowyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, N,N-distearyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, N,N-dibehenyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride, N,N-di(hydrogenated tallow)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride (trade name ADOGEN® 442), N,N-ditallowyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride (trade name ADOGEN® 470, PRAEPAGEN® 3445), N,N-distearyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride (trade name AROSURF® TA-100), all available from Witco Chemical Company; N,N-dibehenyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium chloride, sold under the trade name KEMAMINE® Q-2802C by Humko Chemical Division of Witco Chemical Corporation; and N,N-dimethyl-N-stearyl-N-benzylammonium chloride sold under the trade names VARISOFT® SDC by Witco Chemical Company and AMMONYX® 490 by Onyx Chemical Company.

Any of the foregoing fabric softening agents, and mixtures thereof, can be utilized in combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymers of the present invention, particularly in laundry and fabric care products. For ester-containing fabric softening agents, the pH of the compositions can influence the stability of the fabric softening agents, especially in prolonged storage conditions. The pH, as defined in the present context, is measured in the neat compositions at about 20° C. Preferably, the pH of the composition is less than about 6. For optimum hydrolytic stability of these compositions, the pH is preferably in the range of from about 2 to about 5, more preferably about 2.5 to about 3.5.

Non-limiting examples of protein derivatives include cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed casein, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed collagen, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed hair keratin, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed silk, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed soy protein, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed silk amino acids, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed collagen, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed keratin, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed silk, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed rice bran, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed soy protein, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed sweet almond protein, hydrolyzed rice protein, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed milk protein, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed keratin, hydrolyzed collagen, hydrolyzed wheat gluten, potassium cocoyl hydrolyzed collagen, hydroxypropyl trimonium hydrolyzed collagen, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed milk protein, lauryldimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, lauryldimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed collagen, keratin amino acids, collagen amino acids, soyethyldimonium ethosulfate, soyethyl morpholinium ethosulfate, and the like.

Nonionic surfactants are generally uncharged amphiphiles and usually are alkoxylated to varying degrees. Classes of nonionic surfactants include alcohols, alkanolamides, amine oxides, esters, and ethers. Nonionic alcohols are usually hydroxy derivatives of long-chain C₈-C₁₈ alkane hydrocarbons, such as cetearyl alcohol, hydrogenated tallow alcohol, lanolin alcohols, alkanolamides, and the like. Alkanolamides contain at least one alkoxyl or one polyoxyethylene grouping and include alkanol-derived amides, such as acylamide DEA, N-alkyl pyrrolidone, palmamide MEA, peanutamide MIPA, and the like and ethoxylated amides, such as PEG-50 tallow amide. Amine oxides include alkylamine oxides, such as lauramine oxide; and acylamidopropyl morpholine oxides, such as cocamidopropylamine oxide; and the like. Esters include ethoxylated carboxylic acids, such as PEG-8 dilaurate, PEG-8 laurate, and the like; ethoxylated glycerides, such as PEG-4 castor oil, PEG-120 glyceryl stearate, triolein PEG-6 esters, and the like; glycol esters and derivatives thereof, such as glycol stearate SE, propylene glycol ricinoleate, and the like; monoglycerides, such as glyceryl myristate, glyceryl palmitate lactate, and the like; polyglyceryl esters, such as polyglyceryl-6-distearate, polyglyceryl-4 oleyl ether, and the like, polyhydric alcohol esters and ethers, such as methyl gluceth-20 sesquistearate, sucrose distearate; and the like; sorbitan/sorbitol esters, such as polysorbate-60, sorbitan sequiisostearate, and the like; and triesters of phosphoric acid, such as trideceth-3 phosphate, trioleth-8 phosphate, and the like. Ethers include ethoxylated alcohols, such as ceteareth-10, nonoxynol-9, and the like; ethoxylated lanolin, such as PEG-20 lanolin, PPG-12-PEG-65 lanolin oil, and the like; ethoxylated polysiloxanes, such as dimethicone copolyol, and the like; propoxylated POE ethers, such as meroxapol 314, poloxamer 122, PPG-5-ceteth-20, and the like; and alkyl polyglycosides, such as lauryl glucose, and the like.

Nonionic surfactants can be used as emulsifiers, suspending agents, solubilizers, foam boosters, and in some cases, as hydrotropes. Non-limiting examples of generally preferred nonionic surfactants include linear or branched alcohol ethoxylates, C₈-C₁₂ alkylphenol alkoxylates, such as octylphenol ethoxylates, polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene block copolymers, and the like; C₈-C₂₂ fatty acid esters of polyoxyethylene glycol mono- and di-glycerides; sorbitan esters and ethoxylated sorbitan esters; C₈-C₂₂ fatty acid glycol esters; block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide; and the like. Non-limiting examples of surfactant foam boosters or hydrotropes include alkanolamides, such as acetamide MEA, monoethanolamide, diethanolamide, cocamide DEA, isopropanolamide, and the like; amine oxides, such as hydrogenated tallowamine oxide; short chain alkyl aryl sulfonates, such as sodium toluene sulfonate; sulfosuccinates, such as disodium stearyl sulfosuccinate; and the like.

Amphoteric and zwitterionic surfactants are those compounds that have the capacity of behaving either as an acid or a base, by carrying a positive charge in strongly acidic media, carrying a negative charge in strongly basic media, and forming zwitterionic species at intermediate pH. The major classes of amphoteric surfactants are acyl/dialkyl ethylenediamines and derivatives thereof, such as disodium cocoamphocarboxymethylhydroxy-propyl sulfate, disodium cocamphodipropionate, sodium cocoamphoacetate, sodium lauroampho PG-acetatephosphate, sodium tallowamphopropionate, sodium undecylenoamphopropionate, and the like; and N-alkylamino acids, such as aminopropyl laurylglutamide, dihydroxyethyl soya glycinate, lauraminopropionic acid, and the like.

Some suitable zwitterionic surfactants for use in the present compositions include those broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic quaternary ammonium, phosphonium, and sulfonium compounds, wherein which the aliphatic radicals can be straight chain or branched, and wherein one of the aliphatic substituents contains about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and another substituent contains an anionic water-solubilizing group, such as carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, phosphonate, and the like. Classes of zwitterionics include alkylamino sulfonates, alkyl betaines and alkylamido betaines, such as stearamidopropyldimethylamine, diethylaminoethylstearamide, dimethylstearamine, dimethylsoyamine, soyamine, myristylamine, tridecylamine, ethylstearylamine, N-tallowpropane diamine, ethoxylated (5 moles ethylene oxide) stearylamine, dihydroxy ethyl stearylamine, arachidylbehenylamine, and the like. Some suitable betaine surfactants include but are not limited to alkyl betaines, alkyl amidopropyl betaines, alkyl sulphobetaines, alkyl glycinates, alkyl carboxyglycinates, alkyl amphopropionates, alkyl amidopropyl hydroxysultaines, acyl taurates, and acyl glutamates, wherein the alkyl and acyl groups have from 8 to 18 carbon atoms. Non-limiting examples of preferred amphoteric surfactants include cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocoamphoacetate, cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, and sodium cocoamphopropionate, which are particularly suitable as mild-type cleansers for skin and hair.

Exemplary emulsifiers include but are not limited to C₁₂-C₁₈ fatty alcohols; alkoxylated C₁₂-C₁₈ fatty alcohols; C₁₂-C₁₈ fatty acids; and alkoxylated C₁₂-C₁₈ fatty acids, the alkoxylates each having 10 to 30 units of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and combinations of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide; C₈-C₂₂ alkyl mono- and oligoglycosides; ethoxylated sterols; partial esters of polyglycerols; esters and partial esters of polyols having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and saturated and unsaturated fatty acids having 12 to 30 carbon atoms; partial esters of polyglycerols; and organosiloxanes; and combinations thereof.

The fatty alcohols, acids and alkoxylated fatty alcohols and fatty acids are as described in the emollient description above. In one aspect of the invention the fatty alcohols and fatty acids each are ethoxylated with 10 to 30 units of ethylene oxide.

The C₈-C₂₂ alkyl mono- and oligoglycoside emulsifiers are prepared by reacting glucose or an oligosaccharide with primary fatty alcohols having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. Products which are obtainable under the trademark Plantacare® comprise a glucosidically bonded C₈-C₁₆ alkyl group on an oligoglucoside residue whose average degree of oligomerization is 1 to 2. Exemplary alkyl glucosides and oligoglycosides are selected from octyl glucoside, decyl glucoside, lauryl glucoside, palmityl glucoside, isostearyl glucoside, stearyl glucoside, arachidyl glucoside and behenyl glucoside, and mixtures thereof.

Exemplary ethoxylated sterols include ethoxylated vegetable oil sterols such as, for example, soya sterols. The degree of ethoxylation is greater than about 5 in one aspect, and at least about 10 in another aspect. Suitable ethoxylated sterols are PEG-10 Soy Sterol, PEG-16 Soy Sterol and PEG-25 Soy Sterol.

The partial esters of polyglycerols have 2 to 10 glycerol units and are esterified with 1 to 4 saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally hydroxylated C₈-C₃₀ fatty acid residues. Representative partial esters of polyglycerols include diglycerol monocaprylate, diglycerol monocaprate, diglycerol monolaurate, triglycerol monocaprylate, triglycerol monocaprate, triglycerol monolaurate, tetraglycerol monocaprylate, tetraglycerol monocaprate, tetraglycerol monolaurate, pentaglycerol monocaprylate, pentaglycerol monocaprate, pentaglycerol monolaurate, hexaglycerol monocaprylate, hexaglycerol monocaprate, hexaglycerol monolaurate, hexaglycerol monomyristate, hexaglycerol monostearate, decaglycerol monocaprylate, decaglycerol monocaprate, decaglycerol monolaurate, decaglycerol monomyristate, decaglycerol monoisostearate, decaglycerol monostearate, decaglycerol monooleate, decaglycerol monohydroxystearate, decaglycerol dicaprylate, decaglycerol dicaprate, decaglycerol dilaurate, decaglycerol dimyristate, decaglycerol diisostearate, decaglycerol distearate, decaglycerol dioleate, decaglycerol dihydroxystearate, decaglycerol tricaprylate, decaglycerol tricaprate, decaglycerol trilaurate, decaglycerol trimyristate, decaglycerol triisostearate, decaglycerol tristearate, decaglycerol trioleate, decaglycerol trihydroxystearate, and mixtures thereof.

The saturated C₁₂-C₃₀ fatty alcohol emulsifiers are as described in the emollient description set forth above. In one aspect of the invention, the fatty alcohol emulsifier is selected from but not limited to cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol and lanolin alcohol or mixtures of these alcohols, and as are obtainable in the hydrogenation of unsaturated vegetable oil and animal fatty acids.

Emulsifiers based on the esters and partial esters of polyols having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and linear saturated and unsaturated fatty acids having 12 to 30 carbon atoms are, for example, the monoesters and diesters of glycerol or ethylene glycol or the monoesters of propylene glycol with saturated and unsaturated C₁₂-C₃₀ fatty acids.

The partially esterified polyglycerol emulsifiers include 2 to about 10 glycerol units and esterified with 1 to 5 saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, optionally hydroxylated C₈-C₃₀ fatty acid residues.

In one aspect of the invention, the emulsifier can be present in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt. % to about 12 wt. %, from about 1 wt. % to about 15 wt. % in another aspect, and from about 5 wt. % to about 10 wt. % in a further aspect, based on the total weight of the personal care, home care, health care, and institutional care composition in which they are included.

Suitable emollients include but are not limited to an emollient selected from silicone fluids (e.g., volatile silicone oils and non-volatile silicone oils described below); mineral oils; petrolatums; vegetable oils; fish oils; fatty alcohols; fatty acids; fatty acid and fatty alcohol esters; alkoxylated fatty alcohols; alkoxylated fatty acid esters; benzoate esters; Guerbet esters; alkyl ether derivatives of polyethylene glycols, such as, for example methoxypolyethylene glycol (MPEG); and polyalkylene glycols; lanolin and lanolin derivatives; and the like.

Mineral oils and petrolatums include cosmetic, USP and NF grades and are commercially available from Penreco under the Drakeol® and Penreco® trade names. Mineral oil includes hexadecane and paraffin oil.

Suitable fatty alcohol emollients include but are not limited to fatty alcohols containing 8 to 30 carbon atoms. Exemplary fatty alcohols include capryl alcohol, pelargonic alcohol, capric alcohol, lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, isocetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, ricinoleyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, icocenyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof.

Suitable fatty acid emollients include but are not limited to fatty acids containing 10 to 30 carbon atoms. Exemplary fatty acids are selected from capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid, and mixtures thereof.

Exemplary of the fatty acid and fatty alcohol ester emollients include but are not limited to hexyl laurate, decyl oleate, isopropyl stearate, isopropyl isostearate, butyl stearate, octyl stearate, cetyl stearate, myristyl myristate, octyldodecyl stearoylstearate, octylhydroxystearate, diisopropyl adipate, isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, ethyl hexyl palmitate, isodecyl oleate, isodecyl neopentanoate, diisopropyl sebacate, isostearyl lactate, lauryl lactate, diethyl hexyl maleate, PPG-14 butyl ether and PPG-2 myristyl ether propionate, cetearyl octanoate, and mixtures thereof.

Alkoxylated fatty alcohol emollients are ethers formed from the reaction of a fatty alcohol with an alkylene oxide, generally ethylene oxide or propylene oxide. Suitable ethoxylated fatty alcohols are adducts of fatty alcohols and polyethylene oxide. In one aspect of the invention, the ethoxylated fatty alcohols can be represented by the formula R′—(OCH₂CH₂)_(n′)—OH, wherein R′ represents the aliphatic residue of the parent fatty alcohol and n represents the number of molecules of ethylene oxide. In another aspect of the invention, R′ is derived from a fatty alcohol containing 8 to 30 carbon atoms. In one aspect, n′ is an integer ranging from 2 to 50, 3 to 25 in another aspect, and 3 to 10 in a further aspect. In a still further aspect, R′ is derived from a fatty alcohol emollient set forth above. Exemplary ethoxylated fatty alcohols are but are not limited to capryl alcohol ethoxylate, lauryl alcohol ethoxylate, myristyl alcohol ethoxylate, cetyl alcohol ethoxylate, stearyl alcohol ethoxylate, cetearyl alcohol ethoxylate oleyl alcohol ethoxylate, and, behenyl alcohol ethoxylate, wherein the number of ethylene oxide units in each of the foregoing ethoxylates can range from 2 and above in one aspect, and from 2 to about 150 in another aspect. It is to be recognized that the propoxylated adducts of the foregoing fatty alcohols and mixed ethoxylated/propoxylated adducts of the foregoing fatty alcohols are also contemplated within the scope of the invention. The ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units of the ethoxylated/propoxylated fatty alcohols can be arranged in random or in blocky order.

More specific examples of ethoxylated alcohols are but are not limited to Beheneth 5-30 (the 5-30 meaning the range of repeating ethylene oxide units), Ceteareth 2-100, Ceteth 1-45, Cetoleth 24-25, Choleth 10-24, Coceth 3-10, C9-11 pareth 3-8, C11-15 pareth 5-40, C11-21 Pareth 3-10, C12-13 pareth 3-15, Deceth 4-6, Dodoxynol 5-12, Glycereth 7-26, Isoceteth 10-30, Isodeceth 4-6, Isolaureth 3-6, isosteareth 3-50, Laneth 5-75, Laureth 1-40, Nonoxynol 1-120, Nonylnonoxynol 5-150, Octoxynol 3-70, Oleth 2-50, PEG 4-350, Steareth 2-100, and Trideceth 2-10.

Specific examples of propoxylated alcohols are but are not limited to PPG-10 Cetyl Ether, PPG-20 Cetyl Ether, PPG-28 Cetyl Ether, PPG-30 Cetyl Ether, PPG-50 Cetyl Ether, PPG-2 Lanolin Alcohol Ether, PPG-5 Lanolin Alcohol Ether, PPG-10 Lanolin Alcohol Ether, PPG-20 Lanolin Alcohol Ether, PPG-30 Lanolin Alcohol Ether, PPG-4 Lauryl Ether, PPG-7 Lauryl Ether, PPG-10 Oleyl Ether, PPG-20 Oleyl Ether, PPG-23 Oleyl Ether, PPG-30 Oleyl Ether, PPG-37 Oleyl Ether, PPG-50 Oleyl Ether, PPG-11 Stearyl Ether, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, PPG-2 Lanolin Ether, PPG-5 Lanolin Ether, PPG-10 Lanolin Ether, PPG-20 Lanolin Ether, PPG-30 Lanolin Ether, and PPG-1 Myristyl Ether.

Specific examples of ethoxylated/propoxylated alcohols are but are not limited to PPG-1 Beheneth-15, PPG-12 Capryleth-18, PPG-2-Ceteareth-9, PPG-4-Ceteareth-12, PPG-10-Ceteareth-20, PPG-1-Ceteth-1, PPG-1-Ceteth-5, PPG-1-Ceteth-10, PPG-1-Ceteth-20, PPG-2-Ceteth-1, PPG-2-Ceteth-5, PPG-2-Ceteth-10, PPG-2-Ceteth-20, PPG-4-Ceteth-1, PPG-4-Ceteth-5, PPG-4-Ceteth-10, PPG-4-Ceteth-20, PPG-5-Ceteth-20, PPG-8-Ceteth-1, PPG-8-Ceteth-2, PPG-8-Ceteth-5, PPG-8-Ceteth-10, PPG-8-Ceteth-20, PPG-2 C12-13 Pareth-8, PPG-2 C12-15 Pareth-6, PPG-4 C13-15 Pareth-15, PPG-5 C9-15 Pareth-6, PPG-6 C9-11 Pareth-5, PPG-6 C12-15 Pareth-12, PPG-6 C12-18 Pareth-11, PPG-3 C12-14 Sec-Pareth-7, PPG-4 C12-14 Sec-Pareth-5, PPG-5 C12-14 Sec-Pareth-7, PPG-5 C12-14 Sec-Pareth-9, PPG-1-Deceth-6, PPG-2-Deceth-3, PPG-2-Deceth-5, PPG-2-Deceth-7, PPG-2-Deceth-10, PPG-2-Deceth-12, PPG-2-Deceth-15, PPG-2-Deceth-20, PPG-2-Deceth-30, PPG-2-Deceth-40, PPG-2-Deceth-50, PPG-2-Deceth-60, PPG-4-Deceth-4, PPG-4-Deceth-6, PPG-6-Deceth-4, PPG-6-Deceth-9, PPG-8-Deceth-6, PPG-14-Deceth-6, PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-12, PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-20, PPG-6-Decyltetradeceth-30, PPG-13-Decyltetradeceth-24, PPG-20-Decyltetradeceth-10, PPG-2-Isodeceth-4, PPG-2-Isodeceth-6, PPG-2-Isodeceth-8, PPG-2-Isodeceth-9, PPG-2-Isodeceth-10, PPG-2-Isodeceth-12, PPG-2-Isodeceth-18, PPG-2-Isodeceth-25, PPG-4-Isodeceth-10, PPG-12-Laneth-50, PPG-2-Laureth-5, PPG-2-Laureth-8, PPG-2-Laureth-12, PPG-3-Laureth-8, PPG-3-Laureth-9, PPG-3-Laureth-10, PPG-3-Laureth-12, PPG-4 Laureth-2, PPG-4 Laureth-5, PPG-4 Laureth-7, PPG-4-Laureth-15, PPG-5-Laureth-5, PPG-6-Laureth-3, PPG-25-Laureth-25, PPG-7 Lauryl Ether, PPG-3-Myreth-3, PPG-3-Myreth-11, PPG-20-PEG-20 Hydrogenated Lanolin, PPG-2-PEG-11 Hydrogenated Lauryl Alcohol Ether, PPG-12-PEG-50 Lanolin, PPG-12-PEG-65 Lanolin Oil, PPG-40-PEG-60 Lanolin Oil, PPG-1-PEG-9 Lauryl Glycol Ether, PPG-3-PEG-6 Oleyl Ether, PPG-23-Steareth-34, PPG-30 Steareth-4, PPG-34-Steareth-3, PPG-38 Steareth-6, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, PPG-4 Trideceth-6, and PPG-6 Trideceth-8.

Alkoxylated fatty acid emollients are formed when a fatty acid is reacted with an alkylene oxide or with a pre-formed polymeric ether. The resulting product may be a monoester, diester, or mixture thereof. Suitable ethoxylated fatty acid ester emollients suitable for use in the present invention are products of the addition of ethylene oxide to fatty acids. The product is a polyethylene oxide ester of a fatty acid. In one aspect of the invention, the ethoxylated fatty acid esters can be represented by the formula R″—C(O)O(CH₂CH₂O)_(n″)—H, wherein R″ represents the aliphatic residue of a fatty acid and n represents the number of molecules of ethylene oxide. In another aspect, n″ is an integer ranging from 2 to 50, 3 to 25 in another aspect, and 3 to 10 in a further aspect. In still another aspect of the invention, R″ is derived from a fatty acid containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms. In a still further aspect, R″ is derived from a fatty acid emollient set forth above. It is to be recognized that propoxylated and ethoxylated/propoxylated products of the foregoing fatty acids are also contemplated within the scope of the invention. Exemplary alkoxylated fatty acid esters include but are not limited to capric acid ethoxylate, lauric acid ethoxylate, myristic acid ethoxylate, stearic acid ethoxylate, oleic acid ethoxylate, coconut fatty acid ethoxylate, and polyethylene glycol 400 propoxylated monolaurate, wherein the number of ethylene oxide units in each of the foregoing ethoxylates can range from 2 and above in one aspect, and from 2 to about 50 in another aspect. More specific examples of ethoxylated fatty acids are PEG-8 distearate (the 8 meaning the number of repeating ethylene oxide units), PEG-8 behenate, PEG-8 caprate, PEG-8 caprylate, PEG-8 caprylate/caprate, PEG cocoates (PEG without a number designation meaning that the number of ethylene oxide units ranges from 2 to 50), PEG-15 dicocoate, PEG-2 diisononanoate, PEG-8 diisostearate, PEG-dilaurates, PEG-dioleates PEG-distearates, PEG Ditallates, PEG-isostearates, PEG-jojoba acids, PEG-laurates, PEG-linolenates, PEG-myristates, PEG-oleates, PEG-palmitates, PEG-ricinoleates, PEG-stearates, PEG-tallates, and the like.

Guerbet ester emollients are formed from the esterification reaction of a Guerbet alcohol with a carboxylic acid. Guerbet ester emollients are commercially available from the Noveon Consumer Specialties Division of Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. under product designations G-20, G-36, G-38, and G-66.

Lanolin and lanolin derivatives are selected from lanolin, lanolin wax, lanolin oil, lanolin alcohols, lanolin fatty acids, alkoxylated lanolin, isopropyl lanolate, acetylated lanolin alcohols, and combinations thereof. Lanolin and lanolin derivatives are commercially available from the Noveon Consumer Specialties Division of Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. under the trade names Lanolin LP 108 USP, Lanolin USP AAA, Acetulan™, Ceralan™, Lanocerin™, Lanogel™ (product designations 21 and 41), Lanogene™, Modulan™, Ohlan™, Solulan™ (product designations 16, 75, L-575, 98, and C-24), Vilvanolin™ (product designations C, CAB, L-101, and P).

The emollient(s) can be utilized in an amount ranging from about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % by weight of the total personal care composition in one aspect 0.1 wt. % to 25 wt. % in another aspect, and 5 wt. % to 20 wt. % in a further aspect. While emollients are generally employed in personal care compositions, they can be employed in home care, health care, and institutional care compositions in the same wt. ratios as set forth for personal care compositions so long as they effect a desired physical attribute (e.g., humectant properties) in such compositions.

Suitable humectants include allantoin, pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid and its salts, hyaluronic acid and its salts, sorbic acid and its salts, urea, lysine, arginine, cystine, guanidine, and other amino acids, polyhydroxy alcohols such as glycerin, propylene glycol, hexylene glycol, hexanetriol, ethoxydiglycol, dimethicone copolyol, and sorbitol, and the esters thereof, polyethylene glycol, glycolic acid and glycolate salts (e.g. ammonium and quaternary alkyl ammonium), lactic acid and lactate salts (e.g. ammonium and quaternary alkyl ammonium), sugars and starches, sugar and starch derivatives (e.g. alkoxylated glucose), panthenols such as dl-panthenol, lactamide monoethanolamine, acetamide monoethanolamine, and the like, and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the humectants include the C₃-C₆ diols and triols, such as glycerin, propylene glycol, hexylene glycol, hexanetriol, and the like, and mixtures thereof. Such suitable humectants typically comprise about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. %, preferably about 2 wt. % to about 8 wt. %, and more preferably about 3 wt. % to about 5 wt. % of the total weight of the personal care compositions of the present invention.

A pH adjusting agent or neutralizer can be added to a formulation containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention. Thus, the pH adjusting agent can be utilized in any amount necessary to obtain a desired pH value in the final composition. Non-limiting examples of alkaline pH adjusting agents include alkali metal hydroxides, such as sodium hydroxide, and potassium hydroxide; ammonium hydroxide; organic bases, such as triethanolamine, diisopropylamine, dodecylamine, diisopropanolamine, aminomethyl propanol, cocamine, oleamine, morpholine, triamylamine, triethylamine, tromethamine (2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol), and tetrakis(hydroxypropyl)ethylenediamine; and alkali metal salts of inorganic acids, such as sodium borate (borax), sodium phosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, and the like, and mixtures thereof. Acidic pH adjusting agents can be organic acids, including amino acids, and inorganic mineral acids. Non-limiting examples of acidic pH adjusting agents include acetic acid, citric acid, fumaric acid, glutamic acid, glycolic acid, hydrochloric acid, lactic acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, sodium bisulfate, sulfuric acid, tartaric acid, and the like, and mixtures thereof.

Suitable buffering agents include but are not limited to alkali or alkali earth carbonates, phosphates, bicarbonates, citrates, borates, acetates, acid anhydrides, succinates and the like, such as sodium phosphate, citrate, borate, acetate, bicarbonate, and carbonate.

The pH adjusting agent and/or buffering agent is utilized in any amount necessary to obtain and/or maintain a desired pH value in the composition. In one aspect, the composition of the invention can contain at least one alkalizing (alkaline pH adjusting agent) or acidifying agent (acidic pH adjusting agent) in amounts from 0.01 to 30 wt. % of the total weight of the composition.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention can be used as a thickener, film former, and deposition aid for promoting the deposition of colorants on hair and skin. Colorants for hair can be temporary, semipermanent or permanent hair dyes or color restorers that pigment the hair gradually. Temporary and semipermanent hair dyes typically are rinses, gels, sprays, shampoos, sticks, and the like, and hair color restorers are typically in the form of hair dressings or emulsions. Permanent hair dyes, and longer-lasting semipermanent hair dyes, are generally two-part products, one part containing the oxidative dye intermediates and dye couplers, and the other part containing stabilized oxidizing agent, usually hydrogen peroxide at about pH 3-4, and are mixed together immediately before use. It is known that such two-part hair dyeing products are formulated with combinations of surfactant ingredients, usually nonionic surfactants or anionic surfactants, to thicken when the dye mixture is prepared. In addition to the foregoing literature, a general discussion of hair dyeing chemistry and compositions is in Brown et al., SCC Monograph, “Permanent Hair Dyes”, Society of Cosmetic Chemists (1996), incorporated herein by reference. The polymers of the present invention may be incorporated in one or both of the two-parts of such hair dyeing systems, either as the thickener for the acidic stabilized oxidizing portion or in the non-oxidizing portion to be thickened upon mixing with the acidic portion.

In addition to ingredients discussed above, other ingredients commonly used for antiacne products, facial and body hair bleaches, and antiseptic products include oxidizing agents, such as hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, and water-soluble inorganic persulfate compounds such as ammonium persulfate, potassium persulfate, and sodium persulfate.

The cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention are surprisingly useful stabilizers and/or deposition aids for silicone conditioning agents which are commonly used in rinse off hair conditioner products and in shampoo products, such as the so-called “two-in-one” combination cleansing/conditioning shampoos. The conditioning agent is preferably an insoluble silicone conditioning agent. Typically, the conditioning agent will be mixed in the shampoo composition to form a separate, discontinuous phase of dispersed, insoluble particles (also referred to as droplets). The silicone hair conditioning agent phase can be a silicone fluid and can also comprise other ingredients, such as a silicone resin, to improve silicone fluid deposition efficiency or enhance the glossiness of the hair especially when high refractive index (e.g., above about 1.46) silicone conditioning agents are used. The optional silicone hair conditioning agent phase may comprise volatile silicone, nonvolatile silicone, or combinations thereof. The silicone droplets are typically suspended with an optional suspending agent. The silicone conditioning agent particles may comprise volatile silicone, non-volatile silicone, or combinations thereof. Preferred are non-volatile silicone conditioning agents. If volatile silicones are present, they will typically be incidental to their use as a solvent or carrier for commercially available forms of non-volatile silicone materials ingredients, such as silicone gums and resins. The silicone hair conditioning agents for use in the present invention have a viscosity of from about 20 to about 2,000,000 centistokes (1 centistokes equals 1×10⁻⁶ m²/s) in one aspect, from about 1,000 to about 1,800,000 centistokes in another aspect, from about 50,000 to about 1,500,000 in a further aspect, and from about 100,000 to about 1,500,000 centistokes in a still further aspect, as measured at 25° C.

The concentration of the silicone conditioning agent can range from about 0.01% to about 10%, by weight of the composition in which it is included. In another aspect, the amount of silicone conditioning agent ranges from about 0.1% to about 8%, from about 0.1% to about 5% in still another aspect, and from about 0.2% to about 3% by wt. in a further aspect, all based on the total weight of the composition.

In one embodiment, the dispersed silicone conditioning agent particles can have a volume average particle diameter ranging from about 5 μm to about 125 μm. For small particle application to hair, the volume average particle diameters range from about 0.01 μm to about 4 μmin one aspect, from about 0.01 μm to about 2 μm in another aspect, and from about 0.01 μm to about 0.5 μm in still another aspect. For larger particle application to hair, the volume average particle diameters typically range from about 5 μm to about 125 μm in one aspect, from about 10 μm to about 90 μm in another aspect, from about 15 μm to about 70 μm in still another aspect, and from about 20 μm to about 50 μm in a further aspect.

Background material on silicones including sections discussing silicone fluids, gums, and resins, as well as manufacture of silicones, are found in Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, vol. 15, 2d ed., pp 204-308, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1989), incorporated herein by reference. Silicone fluids are generally described as alkylsiloxane polymers. Non-limiting examples of suitable silicone conditioning agents, and optional suspending agents for the silicone, are described in U.S. Reissue Pat. No. 34,584, U.S. Pat. No. 5,104,646, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,106,609, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Silicone fluids include silicone oils, which are flowable silicone materials having a viscosity, as measured at 25° C. of less than 1,000,000 cSt, and typically range from about 5 cSt to about 1,000,000 cSt. Suitable silicone oils include polyalkyl siloxanes, polyaryl siloxanes, polyalkylaryl siloxanes, polyether siloxane copolymers, and mixtures thereof. Other insoluble, non-volatile silicone fluids having hair conditioning properties may also be used.

Silicone oils include polyalkyl, polyaryl siloxanes, or polyalkylaryl siloxanes which conform to the following formula:

wherein R²⁰ is aliphatic, independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, and aryl, R²⁰ can be substituted or unsubstituted, and w is an integer from 1 to about 8,000. Suitable unsubstituted R²⁰ groups for use in the personal cleansing compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to: alkoxy, aryloxy, alkaryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, alkamino, and ether-substituted, hydroxyl-substituted, and halogen-substituted aliphatic and aryl groups. Suitable R²⁰ groups also include cationic amines and quaternary ammonium groups.

In one aspect of the invention, exemplary R²⁰ alkyl and alkenyl substituents range from C₁-C₅ alkyl and alkenyl, from C₁-C₄ in another aspect, from C₁-C₂ in a further aspect. The aliphatic portions of other alkyl-, alkenyl-, or alkynyl-containing groups (such as alkoxy, alkaryl, and alkamino) can be straight or branched chains, and range from C₁-C₅ in one aspect, from C₁-C₄ in another aspect, and from C₁-C₂ in a further aspect. As discussed above, the R²⁰ substituents can also contain amino functionalities (e.g. alkamino groups), which can be primary, secondary or tertiary amines or quaternary ammonium. These include mono-, di- and tri-alkylamino and alkoxyamino groups, wherein the aliphatic portion chain length is as described above.

Exemplary siloxanes are polydimethyl siloxane, polydiethylsiloxane, and polymethylphenylsiloxane. These siloxanes are available, for example, from the General Electric Company in their Viscasil R and SF 96 series, and from Dow Corning marketed under the Dow Corning 200 series. Exemplary polyalkylaryl siloxane fluids that may be used, include, for example, polymethylphenylsiloxanes. These siloxanes are available, for example, from the General Electric Company as SF 1075 methyl phenyl fluid or from Dow Corning as 556 Cosmetic Grade Fluid.

Cationic silicone fluids are also suitable for use with the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention. The cationic silicone fluids can be represented, but are not limited, to the general formula): (R²¹)_(e)G_(3-f)-Si—(OSiG₂)_(g)-(OSiG_(f)(R₁)_((2-f)h)—O—SiG_(3-e)(R²¹)_(f) wherein G is hydrogen, phenyl, hydroxy, or C₁-C₈ alkyl, preferably methyl; e is 0 or an integer having of from 1 to 3; f is 0 or 1; g is a number from 0 to 1,999; h is an integer from 1 to 2,000, preferably from 1 to 10; the sum of g and h is a number from 1 to 2,000 in one aspect, and from 50 to 500 in another aspect of the invention; R²¹ is a monovalent radical conforming to the general formula C_(q)H_(2q)L, wherein q is an integer having a value from 2 to 8 and L is selected from the following groups:

a) —N(R²²)CH₂CH₂N(R²²)₂

b) —N(R²²)

c) —N(R²²)₃CA⁻

d) —N(R²²)CH₂CH₂N(R²²)₂H₂CA⁻

wherein R²² is independently selected from hydrogen, C₁-C₂₀ alkyl, phenyl, benzyl; and A⁻ is a halide ion selected from chloride, bromide, fluoride, and iodide.

An exemplary cationic silicone corresponding to the previous formula defined immediately above is the polymer known as “trimethylsilylamodimethicone” of formula: (CH₃)₃—Si-[O—Si(CH₃)₂)]_(g)—[O—(CH₃)Si((CH₂)₃—NH—(CH₂)₂—NH₂)]_(h)—O—Si(CH₃)₃

Another cationic silicone useful in combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention can be represented by the formula:

wherein where R²² represents a radical selected from a C₁-C₁₈ alkyl and C₁-C₁₈ alkenyl radical; R²³ independently represents a radical selected from a C₁-C₁₈ alkylene radical or a C₁-C₁₈ alkyleneoxy radical; Q is a halide ion; r denotes an average statistical value from 2 to 20 in one aspect, and from 2 to 8 in another aspect; s denotes an average statistical value from 20 to 200 in one aspect, and from 20 to 50 in another aspect. In one aspect, R²² is methyl. In another aspect, Q is chloride.

Other optional silicone fluids are the insoluble silicone gums. These gums are polysiloxane materials having a viscosity at 25° C. of greater than or equal to 1,000,000 centistokes. Silicone gums are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,152,416; Noll and Walter, Chemistry and Technology of Silicones, New York: Academic Press 1968; and in General Electric Silicone Rubber Product Data Sheets SE 30, SE 33, SE 54 and SE 76, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. The silicone gums will typically have a mass molecule weight in excess of about 200,000 Daltons, generally between about 200,000 to about 1,000,000 Daltons, specific examples of which include polydimethylsiloxane, polydimethylsiloxane/methylvinylsiloxane copolymer, polydimethylsiloxane/diphenyl siloxane/methylvinylsiloxane) copolymer, and mixtures thereof.

Another category of nonvolatile, insoluble silicone fluid conditioning agents are the high refractive index polysiloxanes, having a refractive index of at least about 1.46 in one aspect, at least about 1.48 in another aspect, at least about 1.52 in a further aspect, and at least about 1.55 in a still further aspect. The refractive index of the polysiloxane fluid will generally be less than about 1.70, typically less than about 1.60. In this context, polysiloxane “fluid” includes oils as well as gums.

The high refractive index polysiloxane fluid includes those represented by the general formula set forth for the polyalkyl, polyaryl, and polyalkylaryl siloxanes described above, as well as cyclic polysiloxanes (cyclomethicones) represented by the

wherein the substituent R²⁰ is as defined above, and the number of repeat units, k, ranges from about 3 to about 7 in one aspect, and from 3 to 5 in another aspect. The high refractive index polysiloxane fluids can contain an amount of aryl containing R²⁰ substituents sufficient to increase the refractive index to the desired level, which is described above. Additionally, R²⁰ and k must be selected so that the material is non-volatile. Aryl containing substituents include those which contain alicyclic and heterocyclic five and six member aryl rings and those which contain fused five or six member rings. The aryl rings can be substituted or unsubstituted. Substituents include aliphatic substituents, and can also include alkoxy substituents, acyl substituents, ketones, halogens (e.g., Cl and Br), amines, etc. Exemplary aryl containing groups include substituted and unsubstituted arenes, such as phenyl, and phenyl derivatives such as phenyls with C₁-C₅ alkyl or alkenyl substituents, e.g., allylphenyl, methyl phenyl and ethyl phenyl, vinyl phenyls such as styrenyl, and phenyl alkynes (e.g. phenyl C₂-C₄ alkynes). Heterocyclic aryl groups include substituents derived from furan, imidazole, pyrrole, pyridine, etc. Fused aryl ring substituents include, for example, naphthalene, coumarin, and purine.

The high refractive index polysiloxane fluids will have a degree of aryl containing substituents of at least about 15% by wt. in one aspect, at least about 20% by wt. in another aspect, at least about 25% by wt. in a further aspect, at least about 35% by wt. in still further aspect, and at least about 50% by wt. in an additional aspect, based on the wt. of the polysiloxane fluid. Typically, the degree of aryl substitution will be less than about 90% by wt., more typically less than about 85% by wt., and can generally ranges from about 55% to about 80% by wt. of the polysiloxane fluid.

In another aspect, the high refractive index polysiloxane fluids have a combination of phenyl or substituted phenyl derivatives. The substituents can be selected from C₁-C₄ alkyl (e.g., methyl), hydroxy, and C₁-C₄ alkylamino (e.g., —R²⁴NHR²⁵NH₂ wherein each R²⁴ and R²⁵ group independently is a C₁-C₃ alkyl, alkenyl, and/or alkoxy.

When high refractive index silicones are used in the compositions of the present invention, they optionally can be used in solution with a spreading agent, such as a silicone resin or a surfactant, to reduce the surface tension by a sufficient amount to enhance spreading and thereby enhance the glossiness (subsequent to drying) of hair treated with such compositions. Silicone fluids suitable for use in the compositions of the present invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,826,551, U.S. Pat. No. 3,964,500, U.S. Pat. No. 4,364,837, British Pat. No. 849,433, and Silicon Compounds, Petrarch Systems, Inc. (1984), all of which are incorporated herein by reference. High refractive index polysiloxanes are available from Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Mich.) Huls America (Piscataway, N.J.), and General Electric Silicones (Waterford, N.Y.).

Silicone resins can be included in the silicone conditioning agent suitable for use in combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention. These resins are crosslinked polysiloxanes. The crosslinking is introduced through the incorporation of trifunctional and tetrafunctional silanes with monofunctional or difunctional (or both) silanes during manufacture of the silicone resin.

As is well understood in the art, the degree of crosslinking that is required in order to result in a silicone resin will vary according to the specific silane units incorporated into the silicone resin. In general, silicone materials which have a sufficient level of trifunctional and tetrafunctional siloxane monomer units (and hence, a sufficient level of crosslinking) such that they dry down to a rigid, or hard, film are considered to be silicone resins. The ratio of oxygen atoms to silicon atoms is indicative of the level of crosslinking in a particular silicone material. Silicone materials which have at least about 1.1 oxygen atoms per silicon atom will generally be silicone resins herein. In one aspect, the ratio of oxygen:silicon atoms is at least about 1.2:1.0. Silanes used in the manufacture of silicone resins include monomethyl-, dimethyl-, trimethyl-, monophenyl-, diphenyl-, methylphenyl-, monovinyl-, and methylvinyl-chlorosilanes, and terachlorosilane, with the methyl-substituted silanes being most commonly utilized. Silicone resins are offered by General Electric as GE SS4230 and SS4267.

Silicone materials and silicone resins in particular, are identified according to a shorthand nomenclature system known to those of ordinary skill in the art as “MDTQ” nomenclature. Under this system, the silicone is described according to the presence of various siloxane monomer units which make up the silicone. Briefly, the symbol M denotes the monofunctional unit (CH₃)₃SiO_(0.5); D denotes the difunctional unit (CH₃)₂SiO; T denotes the trifunctional unit (CH₃)SiO_(1.5); and Q denotes the quadra- or tetra-functional unit SiO₂. Primes of the unit symbols (e.g. M′, D′, T′, and Q′) denote substituents other than methyl, and must be specifically defined for each occurrence. Typical alternate substituents include groups such as vinyl, phenyls, amines, hydroxyls, etc. The molar ratios of the various units, either in terms of subscripts to the symbol indicating the total number of each type of unit in the silicone (or an average thereof) or as specifically indicated ratios in combination with molecular weight complete the description of the silicone material under the MDTQ system. Higher relative molar amounts of T, Q, T′ and/or Q′ to D, D′, M and/or M′ in a silicone resin is indicative of higher levels of crosslinking. As discussed before, however, the overall level of crosslinking can also be indicated by the oxygen to silicon ratio.

Exemplary silicone resins for use in the compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to MQ, MT, MTQ, MDT and MDTQ resins. In one aspect, methyl is the silicone resin substituent. In another aspect, the silicone resin is selected from a MQ resins, wherein the M:Q ratio is from about 0.5:1.0 to about 1.5:1.0 and the average molecular weight of the silicone resin is from about 1000 to about 10,000 Daltons.

When employed with non-volatile silicone fluids having a refractive index below 1.46, the weight ratio of the non-volatile silicone fluid to the silicone resin component, ranges from about 4:1 to about 400:1 in one aspect, from about 9:1 to about 200:1 in another aspect, from about 19:1 to about 100:1 in a further aspect, particularly when the silicone fluid component is a polydimethylsiloxane fluid or a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane fluid and polydimethylsiloxane gum as described above. Insofar as the silicone resin forms a part of the same phase in the compositions hereof as the silicone fluid, i.e., the conditioning active, the sum of the fluid and resin should be included in determining the level of silicone conditioning agent in the composition.

The volatile silicones described above include cyclic and linear polydimethylsiloxanes, and the like. Cyclic volatile silicones (cyclomethicones) typically contain about 3 to about 7 silicon atoms, alternating with oxygen atoms, in a cyclic ring structure such as described above for the non-volatile cyclic silicones. However, each R²⁰ substituent and repeating unit, k, in the formula must be selected so that the material is non-volatile. Typically, R²⁰ is substituted with two alkyl groups (e.g., methyl groups). The linear volatile silicones are silicone fluids, as described above, having viscosities of not more than about 25 mPa·s. “Volatile” means that the silicone has a measurable vapor pressure, or a vapor pressure of at least 2 mm of Hg at 20° C. Non-volatile silicones have a vapor pressure of less than 2 mm Hg at 20° C. A description of cyclic and linear volatile silicones is found in Todd and Byers, “Volatile Silicone Fluids for Cosmetics”, Cosmetics and Toiletries, Vol. 91(1), pp. 27-32 (1976), and in Kasprzak, “Volatile Silicones”, Soap/Cosmetics/Chemical Specialities, pp. 40-43 (December 1986), each incorporated herein by reference.

Exemplary volatile cyclomethicones are D4 cyclomethicone (octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane), D5 cyclomethicone (decamethylcyclopentasiloxane), D6 cyclomethicone, and blends thereof (e.g., D4/D5 and D5/D6). Volatile cyclomethicones and cyclomethicone blends are commercially available from G.E. Silicones as SF1173, SF1202, SF1256, and SF1258, Dow Corning Corporation as Dow Corning® 244, 245, 246, 345, and 1401 Fluids. Blends of volatile cyclomethicones and volatile linear dimethicones are also contemplated.

Exemplary volatile linear dimethicones include hexamethyldisiloxane, octamethyltrisiloxane, decamethyltetrasiloxane, dodecamethylpentasiloxane and blends thereof. Volatile linear dimethicones and dimethicone blends are commercially available from Dow Corning Corporation as Dow Corning 200® Fluid (e.g., product designations 0.65 CST, 1 CST, 1.5 CST, and 2 CST) and Dow Corning® 2-1184 Fluid.

Emulsified silicones are also suitable for combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention. Typically, silicone emulsions have an average silicone particle size in the composition of less than 30 μm in one aspect, less than 20 μm in another aspect, and less than 10 μm in a further aspect. In one embodiment of the invention, the average silicone particle size of the emulsified silicone in the composition is less than 2 μm, and ideally it ranges from 0.01 to 1 μm. Silicone emulsions having an average silicone particle size of <0.15 micrometers are generally termed micro-emulsions. Particle size may be measured by means of a laser light scattering technique, using a 2600D Particle Sizer from Malvern Instruments. Suitable silicone emulsions for use in the invention are also commercially available in a pre-emulsified form. Examples of suitable pre-formed emulsions include emulsions DC2-1766, DC2-1784, and micro-emulsions DC2-1865 and DC2-1870, all available from Dow Corning. These are all emulsions/micro-emulsions of dimethiconol. Crosslinked silicone gums are also available in a pre-emulsified form, which is advantageous for ease of formulation. An exemplary material is available from Dow Corning as DC X2-1787, which is an emulsion of crosslinked dimethiconol gum. Another exemplary material is available from Dow Corning as DC X2-1391, which is a micro-emulsion of crosslinked dimethiconol gum. Preformed emulsions of amino functional silicone are also available from suppliers of silicone oils such as Dow Corning and General Electric. Particularly suitable are emulsions of amino functional silicone oils with non ionic and/or cationic surfactant. Specific examples include DC929 Cationic Emulsion, DC939 Cationic Emulsion, DC949 Cationic emulsion, and the non-ionic emulsions DC2-7224, DC2-8467, DC2-8177 and DC2-8154 (all available from Dow Corning). Mixtures of any of the above types of silicone may also be used. Specific examples of amino functional silicones suitable are the aminosilicone oils DC2-8220, DC2-8166, DC2-8466, and DC2-8950-114 (all available from Dow Corning), and GE 1149-75, (ex General Electric Silicones). An example of a quaternary silicone polymer useful in the present invention is the material K3474, available from Goldschmidt, Germany.

Other suitable silicone oils include the dimethicone copolyols, which are linear or branched copolymers of dimethylsiloxane (dimethicone) modified with alkylene oxide units. The alkylene oxide units can be arranged as random or block copolymers. A generally useful class of dimethicone polyols are block copolymers having terminal and/or pendent blocks of polydimethylsiloxane and blocks of polyalkylene oxide, such as blocks of polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, or both. Dimethicone copolyols can be water soluble or insoluble depending on the amount of polyalkylene oxide present in the dimethicone polymer and can be anionic, cationic, or nonionic in character.

The water soluble or water dispersible silicones can also be used in combination with the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention. Such water soluble silicones contain suitable anionic functionality, cationic functionality, and/or nonionic functionality to render the silicone water soluble or water dispersible. In one embodiment, the water soluble silicones contain a polysiloxane main chain to which is grafted at least one anionic moiety. The anionic moiety can be grafted to a terminal end of the polysiloxane backbone, or be grafted as a pendant side group, or both. By anionic group is meant any hydrocarbon moiety that contains at least one anionic group or at least one group that can be ionized to an anionic group following neutralization by a base. As discussed previously, the quantity of the hydrocarbon groups of anionic character which are grafted onto the silicone chain are chosen so that the corresponding silicone derivative is water-soluble or water-dispersible after neutralization of the ionizable groups with a base. The anionic silicone derivatives can be selected from existing commercial products or can be synthesized by any means known in the art. The nonionic silicones contain alkylene oxide terminal and/or pendant side chain units (e.g., dimethicone copolyols).

Silicones with anionic groups can be synthesized by reaction between (i) a polysiloxane containing a silinic hydrogen and (ii) a compound containing olefinic unsaturation that also contains an anionic functional group. Exemplary of such a reaction is the hydrosilylation reaction between poly(dimethylsiloxanes) containing a Si—H group(s) and an olefin, CH₂═CHR²⁶, wherein R²⁶ represents a moiety containing an anionic group. The olefin can be monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric. Polysiloxane compounds that contain a pendant reactive thio (—SH) group(s) are also suitable for grafting an unsaturated anionic group containing compound to the poly(siloxane) backbone.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the anionic monomers containing ethylenic unsaturation are used alone or in combination and are selected from linear or branched, unsaturated carboxylic acids. Exemplary unsaturated carboxylic acids are acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, itaconic acid, fumaric acid and crotonic acid. The monomers can optionally be partially or completely neutralized by base to form an alkali, alkaline earth metal, and ammonium salt. Suitable bases include but are not limited to the alkali, alkaline earth (e.g., sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium) and ammonium hydroxides. It will be noted that, similarly, the oligomeric and polymeric graft segments formed from the forgoing monomers can be post-neutralized with a base (sodium hydroxide, aqueous ammonia, etc.) to form a salt. Examples of silicone derivatives which are suitable for use in the present invention are described in patent applications numbers EP-A-0 582,152 and WO 93/23009. An exemplary class of silicone polymers are the polysiloxanes containing repeat units represented by the following structure:

wherein G¹ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₁₀ alkyl and phenyl radical; G² represents C₁-C₁₀ alkylene; G³ represents an anionic polymeric residue obtained from the polymerization of at least one anionic monomer containing ethylenic unsaturation; j is 0 or 1; t is an integer ranging from 1 to 50; and u is an integer from 10 to 350. In one embodiment of the invention, G¹ is methyl; j is 1; and G₂ is propylene radical; G³ represents a polymeric radical obtained from the polymerization of at least one unsaturated monomer containing a carboxylic acid group (e.g., acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, fumaric acid, crotonic acid, maleic acid, or aconitic acid, and the like).

The carboxylate group content in the final polymer preferably ranges from 1 mole of carboxylate per 200 g of polymer to 1 mole of carboxylate per 5000 g of polymer. The number molecular mass of the silicone polymer preferably ranges from 10,000 to 1,000,000 and still more preferably from 10,000 to 100,000. Exemplary unsaturated monomers containing carboxylic acid groups are acrylic acid and methacrylic acid. In addition, to the carboxylic acid group containing monomers, C₁-C₂₀ alkyl esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid can be copolymerized into the polymeric backbone. Exemplary esters include but are not limited to the ethyl and butyl esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid. A commercially available silicone-acrylate polymer is marketed by the 3M Company under the trademark Silicones “Plus” Polymer 9857C (VS80 Dry). These polymers contain a polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) backbone onto which is grafted (through a thiopropylene group) random repeating units of poly(meth)acrylic acid and the butyl ester of poly(meth)acrylate. These products can be obtained conventionally by radical copolymerization between thiopropyl functionalized polydimethylsiloxane and a mixture of monomers comprising (meth)acrylic acid and of butyl(meth)acrylate.

In another embodiment, the water soluble silicone copolyol useful in the practice of the present invention can be represented silicone copolyol carboxylates represented by the formula:

where R²⁷ and R²⁸ are independently selected from C₁-C₃₀ alkyl, C₆-C₁₄ aryl, C₇-C₁₅ aralkyl, C₁-C₁₅ alkaryl, or an alkenyl group of 1 to 40 carbons, hydroxyl, —R³¹-G′ or —(CH₂)₃O(EO)_(a)(PO)_(b)(EO)_(c)-G′, with the proviso that both R²⁷ and R²⁸ are not methyl; R²⁹ is selected from C₁-C₅ alkyl or phenyl; in this formula a, b, and c are integers independently ranging from 0 to 100; EO is ethylene oxide, —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is propylene oxide, —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—; in this formula o is an integer ranging from 1 to 200, p is an integer ranging from 0 to 200, and q is an integer ranging from 0 to 1000; R³⁰ is hydrogen, C₁-C₃₀ alkyl, aryl, C₇-C₁₅ aralkyl, C₇-C₁₅ alkaryl, or alkenyl group of 1 to 40 carbons or —C(O)—X wherein X is C₁-C₃₀ alkyl, C₆-C₁₄ aryl, C₇-C₁₅ aralkyl, C₁-C₁₅alkaryl, or an alkenyl group of 1 to 40 carbons, or a mixture thereof; R³¹ is a divalent group selected from alkylene radical of 1 to 40 carbon atoms which may be interrupted with arylene group of 6 to 18 carbons or an alkylene group containing unsaturation of 2 to 8 carbons; and G′ is independently are selected from:

where R³² is a divalent group selected from alkylene of 1 to 40 carbons, an unsaturated group containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms, or an arylene group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms; where M is a cation selected from Na, K, Li, NH₄, or an amine containing C₁-C₁₀ alkyl, C₆-C₁₄ aryl (e.g., phenyl, naphthyl), C₂-C₁₀ alkenyl, C₁-C₁₀ hydroxyalkyl, C₇-C₂₄ arylalkyl or C₇-C₂₄ alkaryl groups. Representative R³² radicals are: —CH₂CH₂—, —CH═CH—, —CH═CHCH₂—, and phenylene.

In another embodiment, the water soluble silicones useful in the practice of the present invention can be represented an anionic silicone copolyol represented by the formula:

where is R³³ is methyl or hydroxyl; R³⁴ is selected from C₁-C₈ alkyl or phenyl; R³⁵ represents the radical —(CH₂)₃O(EO)_(x)(PO)_(y)(EO)_(z)—SO₃ ⁻M⁺; where M is a cation selected from Na, K, Li, or NH₄; in this formula x, y and z are integers independently ranging from 0 to 100; R³⁶ represents the radical —(CH₂)₃O(EO)_(x)(PO)_(y)(EO)_(z)—H; in this formula a and c are independently integers ranging from 0 to 50, and b is an integer ranging from 1 to 50; EO is ethylene oxide, e.g., —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is propylene oxide, e.g., —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—.

In still another embodiment, the water soluble silicones useful in the practice of the present invention can be represented an anionic silicone copolyol represented by the formula:

wherein R³⁷ and R³⁸ independently are —CH₃ or a radical represented by: —(CH₂)₃O(EO)_(a)(PO)_(b)(EO)_(c)—C(O)—R⁴⁰—C(O)OH, subject to the proviso that both R³⁷ and R³⁸ are not —CH₃ at the same time; R⁴⁰ is selected from the divalent radical —CH₂CH₂, —CH═CH—, and phenylene; R³⁹ is selected from C₁-C₅ alkyl or phenyl; in this formula a, b and c are integers independently ranging from 0 to 20; EO is an ethylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is a propylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—; in this formula o is an integer ranging from 1 to 200 and q is an integer ranging from 0 to 500.

Other water soluble silicones useful in the invention are quaternized silicone copolyol polymers. These polymers have a pendant quaternary nitrogen functional group present and are represented by the formula:

where R⁴¹ represents a quaternary substituent —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion suitable to balance the cationic charge on the nitrogen atom; R⁴² is selected from C₁-C₁₀ alkyl and phenyl; R⁴³ is —(CH₂)₃O(EO)_(x)(PO)_(y)(EO)_(z)—H, where EO is an ethylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is a propylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—; in this formula a is an integer from 0 to 200, b is an integer from 0 to 200, and c is an integer from 1 to 200; in this formula x, y and z are integers and are independently selected from 0 to 20. In one aspect, the anion X⁻ represents an anion selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, methylsulfate, sulfonate, nitrate, phosphate, and acetate.

Other suitable water soluble silicones are amine substituted silicone copolyols represented by the formula:

where R⁴⁴ is selected from —NH(CH₂)_(n)NH₂ or —(CH₂)_(n)NH₂, where in this formula n is an integer from 2 to 6; and x, is n integer from 0 to 20; where EO is an ethylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is a propylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—; in this formula a is an integer from 0 to 200, b is an integer from 0 to 200, and c is an integer from 1 to 200; in this formula x, y and z are integers and are independently selected from 0 to 20.

Still other water soluble silicones can be selected from nonionic silicone copolyols (dimethicone copolyols) represented by the formula:

where R⁴⁵, independently, represents a radical selected from C₁-C₃₀ alkyl, C₆-C₁₄ aryl, and C₂-C₂₀ alkenyl; R⁴⁶ represents a radical selected from C₁-C₃₀ alkyl, C₆-C₁₄ aryl, and C₂-C₂₀ alkenyl; EO is an ethylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is a propylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—; in this formula a, b, and c are, independently, 0 to 100; in this formula x is 0 to 200; and y is 1 to 200.

In another embodiment, water soluble silicones can be selected from nonionic silicone copolyols represented by the formula:

wherein R⁴⁸ and R⁴⁹, independently, represent a radical selected from C₁-C₃₀ alkyl, C₆-C₁₄ aryl, and C₂-C₂₀ alkenyl; EO is an ethylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH₂O)—; PO is a propylene oxide residue, e.g., —(CH₂CH(CH₃)O)—; in this formula a, b, and c are independently 0 to 100; and in this formula n is 0 to 200.

In the copolyol embodiments set forth above, the EO and PO residues can be arranged in random, non-random, or blocky sequences.

Dimethicone copolyols are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,136,063 and 5,180,843, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. In addition, dimethicone copolyols are commercially available under the Silsoft® and Silwet® brand names from the General Electric Company (GE-OSi). Specific product designations include but are not limited to Silsoft 305, 430, 475, 810, 895, Silwet L 7604 (GE-OSi); Dow Corning® 5103 and 5329 from Dow Corning Corporation; and Abil® dimethicone copolyols, such as, for example WE 09, WS 08, EM 90 and EM 97 from Evonik Goldschmidt Corporation; and Silsense™ dimethicone copolyols, such as Silsense Copolyol-1 and Silsense Copolyol-7, available from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.

The conditioning component of the conditioner and shampoo compositions of the present invention can also comprise from about 0.05% to about 3%, by weight of the composition in one aspect, from about 0.08% to about 1.5% in another aspect, and from about 0.1% to about 1% in a further aspect, of at least one conditioning oil as the conditioning agent, either alone or in combination with other conditioning agents, such as the silicones (described above) and the other conditioning agents described below.

Suitable conditioning oils for use as conditioning agents in the compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, hydrocarbon oils having at least about 10 carbon atoms, such as cyclic hydrocarbons, straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbons (saturated or unsaturated), and branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbons (saturated or unsaturated), including polymers and mixtures thereof. Straight chain hydrocarbon oils typically contain about 12 to 19 carbon atoms. Branched chain hydrocarbon oils, including hydrocarbon polymers, typically will contain more than 19 carbon atoms.

Specific non-limiting examples of these hydrocarbon oils include paraffin oil, mineral oil, saturated and unsaturated dodecane, saturated and unsaturated tridecane, saturated and unsaturated tetradecane, saturated and unsaturated pentadecane, saturated and unsaturated hexadecane, polybutene, polydecene, and mixtures thereof. Branched-chain isomers of these compounds, as well as of higher chain length hydrocarbons, can also be used, examples of which include highly branched, saturated or unsaturated, alkanes such as the permethyl-substituted isomers, e.g., the permethyl-substituted isomers of hexadecane and eicosane, such as 2,2,4,4,6,6,8,8-dimethyl-10-methylundecane and 2,2,4,4,6,6-dimethyl-8-methylnonane, available from Permethyl Corporation. Hydrocarbon polymers such as polybutene and polydecene. A preferred hydrocarbon polymer is polybutene, such as the copolymer of isobutylene and butene. A commercially available material of this type is L-14 polybutene from BP Chemical Company.

Natural oil conditioners are also useful in the practice of this invention and include but are not limited to peanut, sesame, avocado, coconut, cocoa butter, almond, safflower, corn, cotton seed, sesame seed, walnut oil, castor, olive, jojoba, palm, palm kernel, soybean, wheat germ, linseed, sunflower seed; eucalyptus, lavender, vetiver, litsea, cubeba, lemon, sandalwood, rosemary, chamomile, savory, nutmeg, cinnamon, hyssop, caraway, orange, geranium, cade, and bergamot oils, fish oils, glycerol tricaprocaprylate; and mixtures thereof. The natural oils can also be utilized as emollients.

Natural and synthetic wax conditioning agents can be employed in the compositions of the invention, including but are not limited to carnauba wax, candelila wax, alfa wax, paraffin wax, ozokerite wax, olive wax, rice wax, hydrogenated jojoba wax, bees wax, modified bees wax, e.g., cerabellina wax, marine waxes, polyolefin waxes, e.g., polyethylene wax; and mixtures thereof.

Liquid polyolefin conditioning oils can be used in the compositions of the present invention. The liquid polyolefin conditioning agents are typically poly-α-olefins that have been hydrogenated. Polyolefins for use herein can be prepared by the polymerization of C₄ to about C₁₄ olefinic monomers. Non-limiting examples of olefinic monomers for use in preparing the polyolefin liquids herein include ethylene, propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, branched chain isomers such as 4-methyl-1-pentene, and mixtures thereof. In one aspect of the invention, hydrogenated α-olefin monomers include, but are not limited to: 1-hexene to 1-hexadecenes, 1-octene to 1-tetradecene, and mixtures thereof.

Fluorinated or perfluorinated oils are also contemplated within the scope of the present invention. Fluorinated oils include perfluoropolyethers described in European Patent 0 486 135 and the fluorohydrocarbon compounds described in WO 93/11103. The fluoridated oils may also be fluorocarbons such as fluoramines, e.g., perfluorotributylamine, fluoridated hydrocarbons, such as perfluorodecahydronaphthalene, fluoroesters, and fluoroethers.

Other suitable organic conditioners for use as the conditioning agent in the compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, fatty esters having at least 10 carbon atoms. These fatty esters include esters derived from fatty acids or alcohols (e.g., mono-esters, polyhydric alcohol esters, and di- and tri-carboxylic acid esters). The fatty esters hereof may include or have covalently bonded thereto other compatible functionalities, such as amides and alkoxy moieties (e.g., ethoxy or ether linkages, etc.).

Exemplary fatty esters include, but are not limited to isopropyl isostearate, hexyl laurate, isohexyl laurate, isohexyl palmitate, isopropyl palmitate, decyl oleate, isodecyl oleate, hexadecyl stearate, decyl stearate, isopropyl isostearate, dihexyldecyl adipate, lauryl lactate, myristyl lactate, cetyl lactate, oleyl stearate, oleyl oleate, oleyl myristate, lauryl acetate, cetyl propionate, and oleyl adipate.

Other fatty esters suitable for use in the compositions of the present invention are mono-carboxylic acid esters of the general formula R⁵⁰C(O)OR⁵¹, wherein R⁵⁰ and R⁵¹ are alkyl or alkenyl radicals, and the sum of carbon atoms in R⁵⁰ and R⁵¹ is at least 10 in one aspect, and at least 22 in another aspect of the invention.

Still other fatty esters suitable for use in the compositions of the present invention are di- and tri-alkyl and alkenyl esters of carboxylic acids, such as esters of C₄-C₈ dicarboxylic acids (e.g., C₁-C₂₂ esters, preferably C_(1-C6), of succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid). Specific non-limiting examples of di- and tri-alkyl and alkenyl esters of carboxylic acids include isocetyl stearyol stearate, diisopropyl adipate, and tristearyl citrate.

Other fatty esters suitable for use in the compositions of the present invention are those known as polyhydric alcohol esters. Such polyhydric alcohol esters include alkylene glycol esters, such as ethylene glycol mono and di-fatty acid esters, diethylene glycol mono- and di-fatty acid esters, polyethylene glycol mono- and di-fatty acid esters, propylene glycol mono- and di-fatty acid esters, polypropylene glycol monooleate, polypropylene glycol 2000 monostearate, ethoxylated propylene glycol monostearate, glyceryl mono- and di-fatty acid esters, polyglycerol poly-fatty acid esters, ethoxylated glyceryl monostearate, 1,3-butylene glycol monostearate, 1,3-butylene glycol distearate, polyoxyethylene polyol fatty acid ester, sorbitan fatty acid esters, and polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters.

Specific non-limiting examples of suitable synthetic fatty esters for use in the personal cleansing compositions of the present invention include: P-43 (C₈-C₁₀ triester of trimethylolpropane), MCP-684 (tetraester of 3,3 diethanol-1,5 pentadiol), MCP 121 (C₈-C₁₀ diester of adipic acid), all of which are available from ExxonMobil Chemical Company.

Other oily material conditioning agents that are useful in combination with the polymers of the present invention include, for example, acetylated lanolin alcohols; lanolin alcohol concentrates; esters of lanolin fatty acids such as the isopropyl esters of lanolin fatty acid; polyol fatty acids; ethoxylated alcohols, such as ethoxylate and castor oils; sterols; sterol esters; sterol ethoxylates; and like materials.

Cationic polymers are also useful as conditioning agents alone or in combination with the other conditioning agents described herein. Suitable cationic polymers can be synthetically derived or modified natural polymers such as the cationically modified polysaccharides. While several of the cationic polymers listed herein as suitable conditioning agents are duplicative of those described above for uses in other applications, those of skill in the art will recognize that many polymers serve multiple functions.

Representative cationic polymer conditioners include but are not limited to homopolymers and copolymers derived from free radically polymerizable acrylic or methacrylic ester or amide monomers. The copolymers can contain one or more units derived from acrylamides, methacrylamides, diacetone acrylamides, acrylic or methacrylic acids or their esters, vinyllactams such as vinyl pyrrolidone or vinyl caprolactam, and vinyl esters. Exemplary polymers include copolymers of acrylamide and dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate quaternized with dimethyl sulfate or with an alkyl halide; copolymers of acrylamide and methacryloyl oxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride; the copolymer of acrylamide and methacryloyl oxyethyl trimethyl ammonium methosulfate; copolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone/dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate or methacrylate, optionally quaternized, such as the products sold under the name GAFQUAT™ by International Specialty Products; the dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate/vinyl caprolactam/vinyl pyrrolidone terpolymers, such as the product sold under the name GAFFIX™ VC 713 by International Specialty Products; the vinyl pyrrolidone/methacrylamidopropyl dimethylamine copolymer, marketed under the name STYLEZE™ CC 10 available from International Specialty Products; and the vinyl pyrrolidone/quaternized dimethyl amino propyl methacrylamide copolymers such as the product sold under the name GAFQUAT™ HS100 by International Specialty Products.

Cationic conditioner agents can also be selected from the quaternary polymers of vinyl pyrrolidone and vinyl imidazole such as the products sold under the trade name Luviquat® (product designation FC 905, FC 550, and FC 370) by BASF. Other cationic polymer conditioners that can be used in the compositions of the invention include polyalkyleneimines such as polyethyleneimines, polymers containing vinyl pyridine or vinyl pyridinium units, condensates of polyamines and epichlorhydrins, quaternary polysaccharides, quaternary polyurethanes, and quaternary derivatives of chitin.

Other non-limiting examples of quaternary ammonium compounds useful as cationic conditioners in the present invention include acetamidopropyl trimonium chloride, behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, behenamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, behentrimonium chloride, cetethyl morpholinium ethosulfate, cetrimonium chloride, cocoamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, dicetyldimonium chloride, dimethicone hydroxypropyl trimonium chloride, hydroxyethyl behenamidopropyl dimonium chloride, quaternium-26, quaternium-27, quaternium-53, quaternium-63, quaternium-70, quaternium-72, quaternium-76 hydrolyzed collagen, PPG-9 diethylmonium chloride, PPG-25 diethylmonium chloride, PPG-40 diethylmonium chloride, stearalkonium chloride, stearamidopropyl ethyl dimonium ethosulfate, steardimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, steardimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed collagen, wheat germamidopropalkonium chloride, wheat germamidopropyl ethyldimonium ethosulfate, polymers and copolymers of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride, such as Polyquaternium-4, Polyquaternium-6, Polyquaternium-7, Polyquaternium-10, Polyquaternium-11, Polyquarternium-16, Polyquaternium-22, Polyquaternium-24, Polyquaternium-28, Polyquaternium-29, Polyquaternium-32, Polyquaternium-33, Polyquaternium-35, Polyquaternium-37, Polyquaternium-39, Polyquaternium-44, Polyquaternium-46, Polyquaternium-47, Polyquaternium-52, Polyquaternium-53, Polyquarternium-55, Polyquaternium-59, Polyquaternium-61, Polyquaternium-64, Polyquaternium-65, Polyquaternium-67, Polyquaternium-69, Polyquaternium-70, Polyquaternium-71, Polyquaternium-72, Polyquaternium-73, Polyquaternium-74, Polyquaternium-76, Polyquaternium-77, Polyquaternium-78, Polyquaternium-79, Polyquaternium-80, Polyquaternium-81, Polyquaternium-82, Polyquaternium-84, Polyquaternium-85, Polyquaternium-87, PEG-2-cocomonium chloride.

As discussed above, numerous ingredients are known in the art as conditioning agents for hair or skin. In addition to those discussed, other non-limiting examples include PCA (DL-pyrrolidone carboxylic acid) and its salts, such as lysine PCA, aluminum PCA, copper PCA, chitosan PCA, and the like, allantoin; urea; hyaluronic acid and its salts; ceramides; sorbic acid and its salts; sugars and starches and derivatives thereof; lactamide MEA; and the like.

In another embodiment of the invention, the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention can be formulated in combination with one or more auxiliary rheology modifiers and thickeners. Suitable rheology modifiers and thickeners include synthetic and semi-synthetic rheology modifiers. Exemplary synthetic rheology modifiers include acrylic based polymers and copolymers. One class of acrylic based rheology modifiers are the carboxyl functional alkali-swellable and alkali-soluble thickeners (ASTs) produced by the free-radical polymerization of acrylic acid alone or in combination with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The polymers can be synthesized by solvent/precipitation as well as emulsion polymerization techniques. Exemplary synthetic rheology modifiers of this class include homopolymers of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and copolymers polymerized from one or more monomers of acrylic acid, substituted acrylic acid, and salts and C₁-C₃₀ alkyl esters of acrylic acid and substituted acrylic acid. As defined herein, the substituted acrylic acid contains a substituent positioned on the alpha and/or beta carbon atom of the molecule wherein the substituent is preferably and independently selected from C₁₋₄ alkyl, —CN, and —COOH. Optionally, other ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as, for example, styrene, vinyl acetate, ethylene, butadiene, acrylonitrile, as well as mixtures thereof can be copolymerized into the backbone. The foregoing polymers are optionally crosslinked by a monomer that contains two or more moieties that contain ethylenic unsaturation. In one aspect, the crosslinker is selected from a polyalkenyl polyether of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least two alkenyl ether groups per molecule. Other Exemplary crosslinkers are selected from allyl ethers of sucrose and allyl ethers of pentaerythritol, and mixtures thereof. These polymers are more fully described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,087,445; U.S. Pat. No. 4,509,949; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,798,053 herein incorporated by reference.

In one embodiment, the AST rheology modifier or thickener is a crosslinked homopolymer polymerized from acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and is generally referred to under the INCI name of Carbomer. Commercially available Carbomers include Carbopol® polymers 934, 940, 941, 956, 980 and 996 available from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. In another embodiment the AST rheology modifier is selected from a crosslinked copolymer polymerized from a first monomer selected from one or more monomers of (meth)acrylic acid, substituted acrylic acid, and salts of (meth)acrylic acid and substituted acrylic acid and a second monomer selected from one or more C₁-C₅ alkyl acrylate esters of (meth)acrylic acid. These polymers are designated under the INCI name of Acrylates Copolymer. Acrylates Copolymers are commercially available under the trade names Aculyn® 33 from Rohm and Haas and Carbopol® Aqua SF-1 from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. In a further aspect the rheology modifier is selected from a crosslinked copolymer polymerized from a first monomer selected from one or more monomers of acrylic acid, substituted acrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and salts of substituted acrylic acid and a second monomer selected from one or more C₁₀-C₃₀ alkyl acrylate esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. In one aspect, the monomers can be polymerized in the presence of a steric stabilizer such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,288,814 which is herein incorporated by reference. Some of the forgoing polymers are designated under INCI nomenclature as Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer and are commercially available under the trade names Carbopol® 1342 and 1382, Carbopol® Ultrez 20 and 21, Carbopol® ETD 2020 and Pemulen® TR-1 and TR-2 from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. Any vinyl or acrylic based rheology modifiers are suitable.

Another class of synthetic rheology modifiers and thickeners suitable for use in the present invention includes hydrophobically modified ASTs commonly referred to as hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable and alkali-soluble emulsion (HASE) polymers. Typical HASE polymers are free radical addition polymers polymerized from pH sensitive or hydrophilic monomers (e.g., acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid), hydrophobic monomers (e.g., C₁-C₃₀ alkyl esters of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid, acrylonitrile, styrene), an “associative monomer”, and an optional crosslinking monomer. The associative monomer comprises an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable end group, a non-ionic hydrophilic midsection that is terminated by a hydrophobic end group. The non-ionic hydrophilic midsection comprises a polyoxyalkylene group, e.g., polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, or mixtures of polyethylene oxide/polypropylene oxide segments. The terminal hydrophobic end group is typically a C₈-C₄₀ aliphatic moiety. Exemplary aliphatic moieties are selected from linear and branched alkyl substituents, linear and branched alkenyl substituents, carbocyclic substituents, aryl substituents, aralkyl substituents, arylalkyl substituents, and alkylaryl substituents. In one aspect, associative monomers can be prepared by the condensation (e.g., esterification or etherification) of a polyethoxylated and/or polypropoxylated aliphatic alcohol (typically containing a branched or unbranched C₈-C₄₀ aliphatic moiety) with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a carboxylic acid group (e.g., acrylic acid, methacrylic acid), an unsaturated cyclic anhydride monomer (e.g., maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride, citraconic anhydride), a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate (e.g., α,α-dimethyl-m-isopropenyl benzyl isocyanate) or an ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a hydroxyl group (e.g., vinyl alcohol, allyl alcohol). Polyethoxylated and/or polypropoxylated aliphatic alcohols are ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide adducts of a monoalcohol containing the C₈-C₄₀ aliphatic moiety. Non-limiting examples of alcohols containing a C₈-C₄₀ aliphatic moiety are capryl alcohol, iso-octyl alcohol (2-ethyl hexanol), pelargonic alcohol (1-nonanol), decyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol (mixture of C₁₆-C₁₈ monoalcohols), stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, elaidyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, lignoceryl alcohol, ceryl alcohol, montanyl alcohol, melissyl, lacceryl alcohol, geddyl alcohol, and C₂-C₂₀ alkyl substituted phenols (e.g., nonyl phenol), and the like.

Exemplary HASE polymers are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,657,175; 4,384,096; 4,464,524; 4,801,671; and 5,292,843, which are herein incorporated by reference. In addition, an extensive review of HASE polymers is found in Gregory D. Shay, Chapter 25, “Alkali-Swellable and Alkali-Soluble Thickener Technology A Review”, Polymers in Aqueous Media—Performance Through Association, Advances in Chemistry Series 223, J. Edward Glass (ed.), ACS, pp. 457-494, Division Polymeric Materials, Washington, D.C. (1989), the relevant disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. The HASE polymers are commercially available from Rohm & Haas under the trade designations Aculyn® 22 (INCI Name: Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Copolymer), Aculyn® 44 (INCI Name: PEG-150/Decyl Alcohol/SMDI Copolymer), Aculyn 46® (INCI Name: PEG-150/Stearyl Alcohol/SMDI Copolymer), and Aculyn® 88 (INCI Name: Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Crosspolymer).

Another class of synthetic and semi-synthetic rheology modifiers and thickeners suitable for use in the present invention includes cationically modified acrylic polymers and copolymers and cationically modified cellulose ethers. The acrylic polymers and copolymers and cellulose ethers are cationically modified via quaternization. For the acrylic polymers and copolymers, quaternization can occur by polymerizing a quaternized monomer into the acrylic polymer backbone or by post functionalizing the acrylic polymer with a quaternizing agent. An exemplary quaternary acrylic polymer is designated under INCI nomenclature as Polyquaternium-37 and is commercially available under the trade names Synthalen CR21 and Synthalen CN, from 3V Inc. The quaternized celluloses are prepared by post functionalizing the desired cellulosic backbone (e.g., hydroxyethyl cellulose) with a quaternizing agent such as a quaternary ammonium salt (e.g., diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride, trimethyl ammonium chloride substituted epoxide). Exemplary quaternary cellulosic polymers are designated under the INCI names Polyquaternium-4, Polyquaternium-10, and Polyquaternium-67.

In another embodiment, acid swellable associative polymers can be used with the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymers of the present invention. Such polymers generally have cationic and associative characteristics. These polymers are free radical addition polymers polymerized from a monomer mixture comprising an acid sensitive amino substituted hydrophilic monomer (e.g., dialkylamino alkyl (meth)acrylates or (meth)acrylamides), an associative monomer (defined hereinabove), a lower alkyl (meth)acrylate or other free radically polymerizable comonomers selected from hydroxyalkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid, vinyl and/or allyl ethers of polyethylene glycol, vinyl and/or allyl ethers of polypropylene glycol, vinyl and/or allyl ethers of polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol esters of (meth)acrylic acid, polypropylene glycol esters of (meth)acrylic acid, polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol esters of (meth)acrylic acid), and combinations thereof. These polymers can optionally be crosslinked. By acid sensitive is meant that the amino substituent becomes cationic at low pH values, typically ranging from about 0.5 to about 6.5. Exemplary acid swellable associative polymers are commercially available under the trade name Structure® Plus (INCI Name: Acrylates/Aminoacrylates/C10-C30 Alkyl PEG-20 Itaconate) from Akzo Nobel, and Carbopol® Aqua CC (INCI Name: Polyacrylates-1 Crosspolymer) from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. In one aspect, the acid swellable polymer is a copolymer of one or more C₁-C₅ alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid, C₁-C₄ dialkylamino C₁-C₆ alkyl methacrylate, PEG/PPG-30/5 alkyl ether, PEG 20-25 C₁₀-C₃₀ alkyl ether methacrylate, hydroxy C₂-C₆ alkyl methacrylate crosslinked with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Other useful acid swellable associative polymers are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,378,479, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.

Hydrophobically modified alkoxylated methyl glucoside, such as, for example, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Trioleate, and PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, available from Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc., under the trade names, Glucamate® DOE-120, Glucamate™ LT, and Glucamate™ SSE-20, respectively, are also suitable rheology modifiers.

Polysaccharides obtained from tree and shrub exudates, such as gum Arabic, gum gahatti, and gum tragacanth, as well as pectin; seaweed extracts, such as alginates and carrageenans; algae extracts, such as agar; microbial polysaccharides, such as xanthan, gellan, and wellan; cellulose ethers, such as ethylhexylethylcellulose, hydroxybutylmethylcellulose, hydroxyethylmethylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, and hydroxypropylcellulose; polygalactomannans, such as fenugreek gum, cassia gum, locust bean gum, tara gum, and guar gum; starches, such as corn starch, tapioca starch, rice starch, wheat starch, potato starch and sorghum starch can also be employed in the compositions herein as suitable thickeners and rheology modifiers.

Other rheology modifiers suitable for use in the personal care compositions of the invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,205,271 the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.

The rheology modifiers set forth above, when employed, can be used alone or in combination and typically are used in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. % in one aspect, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 3 wt. % in another aspect, and from about 0.5 wt. % to about 2 wt. % in further aspect, based on the total weight of the personal care compositions of the present invention.

Where applicable, any known aerosol propellant can be utilized to deliver the personal care, home care, health care and institutional care compositions containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the present invention in combination with one or more of the foregoing active ingredients and/or with the one or more additives and/or adjuvants, conventionally or popularly included in personal care, health care, home care, and institutional care products discussed above. Exemplary propellants include, but are not limited to, lower boiling hydrocarbons such as C₃-C₆ straight and branched chain hydrocarbons. Exemplary hydrocarbon propellants include propane, butane, isobutene, and mixtures thereof. Other suitable propellants include ethers, such as, dimethyl ether, hydrofluorocarbons, such as, 1,1-difluoroethane, and compressed gasses, such as air and carbon dioxide. These compositions can contain from about 0.5 to about 60 wt. % of the propellant in one embodiment and from about 0.5 to about 35 wt. % in another embodiment, based on the total weight of the composition.

While overlapping weight ranges for the various components and ingredients that can be contained in the compositions of the invention have been expressed for selected embodiments and aspects of the invention, it should be readily apparent that the specific amount of each component in the disclosed personal care, home care, health care, and institutional care compositions will be selected from its disclosed range such that the amount of each component is adjusted such that the sum of all components in the composition will total 100 wt. %. The amounts employed will vary with the purpose and character of the desired product and can be readily determined by one skilled in the formulation arts and from the literature.

It is also to be recognized that the choice and amount of ingredients in personal care, home care, health care and institutional care compositions that include the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymers of the invention can vary depending on the intended product and its function, as is well known to those skilled in the formulation arts. An extensive listing of ingredients and their conventional functions and product categories have been disclosed and can be readily ascertained from the literature, some of which can serve more than one function.

This invention is illustrated by the following examples that are merely for the purpose of illustration and are not to be regarded as limiting the scope of the invention or the manner in which it can be practiced. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, parts and percentages are given by weight.

Methods

Monosaccharide Content

It is well understood by those skilled in the art that natural galactomannans, even when obtained from a single source, will contain varying ranges of mannose to galactose ratios. Accordingly, these mannose to galactose ratios are reported as average ratios. The monosaccharide content of Cassia gum can be determined using a method adapted from Englyst et al. (“Determination of Dietary Fibre as Non-Starch Polysaccharides by Gas-Liquid Chromatography.” Analyst (117), November 1992, pp. 1707-1714. In this method Cassia seed endosperm (300 mg), sand (300 mg), and acetone (40 mL) are stirred together for 30 minutes. The acetone (containing the fat fraction) is decanted and the remaining sample is dried in an 80° C. bath. Polysaccharide hydrolysis is performed using sulfuric acid (12 M, 5 mL) in a 35° C. bath with magnetic stirring for 1 hr. Then, water (25 mL) is added, and hydrolysis is allowed to continue for another hour with stirring at a temperature of 100° C. bath. The sample vial is cooled to room temperature in tap water. The hydrolysate solution (3 mL) is transferred to a new vial, and an ammonia solution (12.5 M, 1 mL) is added and mixed briefly (If the pH of the hydrolysate solution is not greater than 7, a little more ammonia solution is added). For the reduction of the monosaccharides in the hydrolysate, octan-2-ol (5 μL) and an ammonia-sodium tetrahydroborate solution (200 μL of a solution of 1.2 g sodium tetrahydroborate in 6 mL of 12.5M aqueous ammonia) are stirred together in a 40° C. bath 30 minutes, after which glacial acetic acid (400 μL) is mixed in to neutralize the solution. The reduction solution (500 μL) is transferred to new glass vial and acetylated by adding 1-methyl imidazole (500 μL) and acetic anhydride (5 mL) and mixing for 10 minutes. Ethanol (900 μL) is added and mixing is continued for another 5 minutes, followed by adding deionized water (10 mL) and continued mixing for another 5 minutes. Bromophenol blue (500 μL) is added to the mixture. The vial is placed in an ice bath and aqueous potassium hydroxide (5 mL of a 7.5 M solution in water) is mixed into the vial. After 2 minutes, another 5 mL of the potassium hydroxide solution is placed into the vial and mixed. After 15 minutes, or when liquid separation occurs, the clear upper phase (ethyl acetate) is collected, leaving behind a lower blue aqueous phase.

The ethyl acetate phase is diluted in methanol (4× by volume) and injected into a Hewlett Packard 6890 gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector. The components of the sample are separated by a 30 m by 0.32 mm fused silica column coated with 0.5 μm RTX-50 stationary phase. The GC oven is maintained at 225° C. isothermally throughout the run. Inlet and detector temperatures are maintained at 275° C. Mannitol-hexaacetate is detected at 12.1-12.2 minutes, sorbitol-hexaacetate is detected at 12.4-12.5 minutes, and galactitol-hexaacetate is detected at 12.9-13.0 minutes. Utilizing this procedure the mannose:galactose ratios of tested galactomannans is as follows:

Galactomannan Mannose:Galatose Ratio Galactose (wt. %) Cassia Gum 8.5 11 Guar Gum 1.5 40 Tara Gum 3.0 25 Locust Bean Gum 3.2 24 Molecular Weight

For dissolution of each gum sample, 250 mg of gum is weighed and dispersed into 50 ml of DI water. This slurry/solution is then de-gassed by bubbling nitrogen gas through the mixture for 30 minutes and then is followed by refluxing at 115° C. for 2 hours. The sample is then cooled to 0° C. at which time 1.5 g of NaOH and 1.0 g urea are added with stirring. Once all of the salts are dissolved, the sample is placed in a freezer at −12° C. and frozen solid overnight. The following day the sample is warmed to room temperature in a water bath and is fully thawed. It is then placed back into the freezer and frozen solid again overnight. Each sample is subjected to a total of 3 freeze/thaw cycles before being neutralized to pH 7 with approx. 2.2 mL of glacial acetic acid. This process renders fully soluble viscous solutions. The weight average molecular weights and number average molecular weights referenced herein are measured by low angle light scattering at room temperature using a 2× PLaquagel OH-Mixed-H 8 μm 300×7.5 mm column at a concentration of approximately 0.9 mg/mL in a buffer solution of 0.2M NaNO₃, 0.01M NaH₂PO₄ at pH-7 as the eluent at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. (Each sample was pre-filtered through a 0.5 μm syringe filter.) The detectors used were a PL-GPC 50 Plus Refractive Index Detector with a PD 2020 Light Scattering Detector. PL-Cirrus software is used to analyze the results and to calculate M_(n) and M_(w) of the polygalactomannan.

Degree of Substitution

The degree of hydrophilic substitution (DS_(hydrophile)) can be determined by applying the Zeisel method (K. L. Hodges, W. E. Kester, D. L. Wiederrich, and J. A. Grover, Determination of Alkoxyl Substitution in Cellulose Ethers by Zeisel-Gas Chromatography, Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 51 (No. 13), November (1979) pp. 2172-2176). Upon exposure of hydriodic acid to the derivatized Cassia, alkyl iodide will be liberated in an amount equivalent to the amount of alkylene oxide repeat units present in the derivatized Cassia. Dividing by the average degree of polymerization of the hydrophilic substituent, dp, will yield DS_(hydrophile) (DS_(hydrophile)=mol_(alkyl iodide)/dp).

In the case where the cationic substituent is appended on the galactomannan in a first step and the hydrophilic substituent is appended in a second step, the DS_(hydrophile) can also be determined from the reduction in the product's nitrogen weight fraction, since the hydrophilic substituent contains a different nitrogen composition from the previous step's cationic galactomannan. DS_(cat) is determined from the wt. % nitrogen determined in the first step DS_(cat)=% N_(step1)×(MW_(anhydrous saccharide)) (MW_(N)−% N_(step1)×MW_(cat)). Then, DS_(hydrophile)=(% N_(step2)×MW_(anhydrous saccharide unit)+% N_(step2)×DS_(cat)×MW_(cat)−% N_(step2)×MW_(N))/(MW_(N)×b−% N_(step2)×MW_(hydrophile)), where b is the average number of nitrogen equivalents contained in the hydrophilic substituent.

Fixative Properties

High Humidity Spiral Curl Retention (HHSCR) Test

The resistance of a polymer fixative composition to high humidity (about 90% Relative Humidity (RH)) is an important property for fixative applications and is measured by its ability to hold a curl set on hair after absorption of water from the applied composition and from the surrounding atmosphere employing the well known technique commonly referred to as high humidity spiral curl retention (HHSCR). Descriptions of the HHSCR methodology are readily found in the cosmetic literature (see, for example, Ch. 30, Harry's Cosmeticology, 8th Ed., M. J. Rieger, Ph.D. (ed.), pp. 666-667, Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, N.Y., 2000, and Diaz et al., J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem., 34, pp. 205-212, July 1983, the relevant disclosures of each are incorporated herein by reference.

Tresses of commercially blended untreated (virgin) human hair are prepared employing natural brown or black color European hair supplied by International Hair Importers and Products Inc., New York. The tresses used for this test are comprised of European brown hair, weighing 0.5 g, 7 inches long and 0.5 inches wide with a sewn/glued flat binding and are individually wrapped (from root to tip) around a spiral perm rod (Cyber Sprials™ large spiral curling rods, 8 mm inner diameter, 13.5 mm outer diameter, 162 mm length, American Discount Beauty Supply, 269 South Beverly Drive #250, Beverly Hills, Calif.). Prior to use, each tress is washed with a dilute aqueous solution of sodium lauryl sulfate (10% SLS) followed by thorough rinsing with deionized water at ambient room temperature. The tresses are dried by towel blotting. The initial extended length of the hair tress (L_(e)) is measured and recorded. 0.1 g of the polymer fixative compositions to be evaluated is applied to each hair tress. The polymer fixative composition to be evaluated is applied to the hair tress and distributed uniformly from the root portion of the hair to tip portion. The treated hair tress is wrapped around a spiral hair curler and dried for 12 hours at ambient room temperature of about 21 to 23° C. and controlled relative humidity (50%). After drying, the curler is carefully removed, leaving the hair tress styled into a spiral curl, the initial length of the hair curl (L_(i)) is measured and recorded. The curled hair tress is vertically hung in a humidity chamber set at a temperature of about 23° C. and a relative humidity level of 90%.

High humidity spiral curl retention is determined by measuring the length of the hair curl as the curl relaxes (L_(i)). The change in curl length (droop) is periodically measured at selected intervals and is monitored over a period of 24 hours. An initial measurement is taken at time zero, followed by measurements at 0.25 hour intervals for the first hour of exposure, followed by measurements taken at 0.5 hour intervals for the second hour of exposure, followed by measurements taken at 1.0 hour intervals for the remaining 22 hours of exposure. The following equation is used to calculate percent curl retention, relative to the initial curl length (L_(i)) and length of the fully extended hair, before curling (L_(e)): % Curl Retention=(L _(e) −L _(t) /L _(e) −L _(i).)×100

A curl retention of about 70% or more for a minimum period of about 0.75 hours at about 90% RH is a conventional benchmark for good high humidity resistance, and an HHSCR greater than 70% after a period of at least about 3 hours is deemed very good to excellent.

Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes

Two-in-one shampoo formulations are compared by a trained panel (at least 3 panelists) for conditioning attributes using a forced choice test design between two treated hair tresses. Hair tresses treated with a base 2-in-1 shampoo formulation that includes a cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of the invention are compared to hair tresses treated with an identical base shampoo formulation containing a commercially available cationic polymer. Each panelist is asked to indicate which tress performs better for each of 4 sensory attributes evaluated in comparing the two test formulations on the treated hair tresses. The sensory attributes evaluated by the panel include (1) ease of wet combing, (2) wet feel (slippery feel or wet conditioned feel), (3) ease of dry combing, and (4) dry feel (soft feel or dry conditioned feel). The test protocol utilizes a matrix design of 6 treated tresses (3 replicates for each test formulation). The test matrix allows for the direct blind comparison of the 3 replicate treated tresses of formulations containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of the invention versus 3 replicate treated tresses treated with comparative formulations. By permutation of the 3 replicate treatments for each of the test formulations (invention and comparative), nine comparisons of paired tresses (invention formulation versus comparative formulation) are possible. The matrix is designed such that duplicate evaluations are included from the panel members. A total of 36 comparisons are carried out with the matrix design. A statistical analysis (Z-value calculation of preference of invention formulations versus comparative formulations) is used to determine the level of confidence that the invention formulation is statistically different (better or worse for the selected sensory attribute) from the comparison formulation.

Hair Tress Preparation Procedure for Sensory Panel Testing

Hair tresses (Caucasian brown hair or Caucasian bleached hair purchased from International Hair Importers, Inc.) weighing 2.5 g (dry wt.) are prewashed with a stripping shampoo (surfactant iso-propanol mixture containing 10 wt. % sodium lauryl sulfate and 10 wt. % iso-propanol) and thoroughly rinsed under warm tap water to remove the shampoo. Excess water is removed by pinching each tress between the index finger and the middle finger and gently pulling the tress through the gap of the fingers. The damp tress is placed on top of the weighing dish and 0.5 g of the test shampoo formulation is applied evenly down the length of the hair tress. The shampoo is massaged into the tress from the root to the tip of the hair tress. The tress is then rinsed under warm tap water for approximately 60 seconds. While rinsing, the tress is combed through its length at least 20 to 25 times to ensure that all residual shampoo is removed. The treatment step is repeated a second time for a total of two washes/rinses.

Clarity Testing

The clarity of a composition containing a cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of the invention is measured in % T (transmittance) by a Brinkmann PC 920 colorimeter at least about 24 hours after the composition is made. Clarity measurements are taken against deionized water (clarity rating of 100 percent).

Turbidity Testing

The turbidity of a composition containing a cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of the invention is determined in Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) employing a Nephelometric turbidity meter with distilled water (NTU=0) as the standard.

Example A

To a reaction vessel 160 g of Cassia gum (containing about 10% moisture) obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora and Cassia obtusifolia is added to a solution of 921 g of 44% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 4.5 g of potassium hydroxide is added and the mixture is heated at 40° C. for 30 minutes under a nitrogen blanket. 92.8 g of 2,3-epoxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (Quab 151 from SKW Quab Chemicals Inc, 70%) is then added to the slurry. The reaction slurry is heated to 70° C. and the reaction allowed to proceed at this temperature for 3 hours. After cooling to 50° C., the mixture is diluted with 380 g of 99% isopropanol and neutralized to a pH of about 7.0 with glacial acetic acid. The hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride Cassia product is filtered, washed once with 380 g of 99% isopropanol, air dried overnight and oven dried at 100° C. for 4 hours to produce 179.3 of cationically derived Cassia. The final product contains 2.18% wt % nitrogen (DS_(cat) 0.33) on a dry weight basis.

Example 1

To a reaction vessel containing 45.0 g of hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride Cassia prepared in accordance with Example A (except having a nitrogen content of 3.3 wt %) is added a solution of 273 g of 44% isopropanol and slurried. To the slurry 0.65 g of 20% sodium hydroxide is added followed by 13.8 g of methoxypoly-ethyleneglycolglycidylether MPEG-GE (molecular weight=600) from Rasching GmbH, Ludwighshafen, Germany. The reaction slurry is stirred at 40° C. for 1 hour under a nitrogen blanket. The slurry is heated to 70° C. and allowed to react at this temperature for 3 hours. After cooling to 50° C., the mixture is neutralized to a pH of about 7.0 with glacial acetic acid. The hydrophilically modified hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride Cassia product is filtered, washed once with 135 g of 99% isopropanol, air dried overnight, and oven dried at 100° C. for 4 hours. The final product contains 2.91 wt. % nitrogen on a dry weight basis; a DS_(cat) of 0.59 and a DS_(hydrophile) of 0.055.

Example 2

To a reaction vessel 330 g of Cassia gum (containing about 10% moisture) obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora and Cassia obtusifolia is added to an aqueous solution of 2400 g of 24% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 7.3 g of sodium hydroxide is added under a nitrogen blanket. The slurry is heated to 60° C. and this temperature is maintained for 3 hours. The Cassia is filtered, washed once with 1500 g of 50% isopropanol, and filtered again. To a reaction vessel 770 g of filter cake (260 g solids) is added to a solution of 1400 g of 60% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 3.2 g of sodium hydroxide is added under a nitrogen blanket. The slurry is heated to 60° C. and held at this temperature for 1 hour. Then, 120 g of propylene oxide is then added to the slurry. The reaction slurry (at 60° C.) is stirred for 3 hours. After 3 hours the reaction mixture was not neutralized. The hydroxylpropyl Cassia product is filtered, washed once with 960 g of 80% isopropanol, and filtered again. (The resulting dried product had an elemental composition of 43.59% C, 6.34% H, and <0.02% N.) To a reaction vessel 170 g of filter cake (63 g solids) of hydroxylpropyl Cassia is added to a solution of 330 g of 62% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 1.5 g of sodium hydroxide is added under a nitrogen blanket. Eighty grams of Quab 151 (2,3-epoxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride from SKW Quab Chemicals Inc, 70%) is then added to the slurry, and the slurry is heated to 70° C. and then is held at this temperature for 3 hours with stirring. After cooling to 50° C., the mixture is neutralized to a pH of about 7.0 with glacial acetic acid. The product is filtered, washed once with 450 g of 80% isopropanol, air dried overnight and then oven dried at 100° C. for 4 hours to produce 104 g of cationic hydroxypropyl Cassia. The final product contains a molar substitution of 0.65 hydroxypropyl functionality as determined by ¹H-NMR as determined from the relative sizes of the hydroxypropyl's methyl peak at 1.2 ppm and the saccharide repeat units' anomeric proton peak approximately 5.1 ppm. Knowing the hydroxypropyl MS and the wt. % nitrogen (3.29%), the cationic degrees of substitution is determined to be 0.72. (% N=14DS_(cat)/(MW_(anhydrous saccharide)+MW_(propylene oxide)×MS_(hydroxypropyl)+DS_(cat)×MW_(quab151)))

Example 2A

To a reaction vessel 330 g of Cassia gum (containing about 10% moisture) obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora and Cassia obtusifolia is added to an aqueous solution of 2400 g of 24% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 7.3 g of sodium hydroxide is added under a nitrogen blanket. The slurry is heated to 60° C. and this temperature is maintained for 3 hours. The Cassia is filtered, washed once with 1500 g of 50% isopropanol, and filtered again. To a reaction vessel 770 g of filter cake (260 g solids) is added to a solution of 1300 g of 90% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 49.4 g of sodium hydroxide is added under a nitrogen blanket. The slurry is then stirred for 1 hour. Then, 110 g of ethylene oxide is then added to the slurry. The reaction slurry is heated to 60° C. and is stirred for 3 hours. After 3 hours the reaction mixture is neutralized with acetic acid. The hydroxylethyl Cassia product, having a hydroxyethyl molar substitution of 1.2, is filtered, is re-sluried in 99% isopropanol, is filtered again, and is dried in an oven. To a reaction vessel 30 g of dried of hydroxylethyl Cassia is added to a solution of 210 g of 62% isopropanol and is slurried. To this slurry, 1.1 g of sodium hydroxide is added under a nitrogen blanket. Thirty-five grams of Quab 151 (2,3-epoxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride from SKW Quab Chemicals Inc, 70%) is then added to the slurry, and the slurry is heated to 70° C. and then is held at this temperature for 3 hours with stirring. After cooling to 50° C., the mixture is neutralized to a pH of about 7.0 with glacial acetic acid. Similar methodology as employed in Example 2 is utilized to determine DS_(cat). The product is filtered, washed once with 190 g of 80% isopropanol, oven dried at 100° C. for 16 hours. The cationic hydroxyethyl Cassia contains 2.68 wt. % N, with a DS_(cat) of 0.57.

Example 2B

To a reaction vessel 160 g of Cassia gum (containing about 10% moisture) obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora and Cassia obtusifolia is added to a solution of 921 g of 44% isopropanol and slurried. To this slurry, 4.5 g of potassium hydroxide is added and the mixture is heated at 40° C. for 30 minutes under a nitrogen blanket. 67 g of MPEG-GE (molecular weight=600) is then added. The slurry is heated to 70° C. and allowed to react at this temperature for 3 hours. After cooling to 50° C., the mixture is neutralized to a pH of about 7.0 with glacial acetic acid. The MPEG modified Cassia product is filtered, washed once with 380 g of 99% isopropanol, air dried overnight, and oven dried at 100° C. for 4 hours. Then, to a reaction vessel containing 45.0 g of the dried MPEG modified Cassia product a solution of 273 g of 44% isopropanol is added and slurried. To the slurry, 0.65 g of 20% sodium hydroxide is added followed by 26 g of 2,3-epoxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride. The reaction slurry is heated to 70° C. and the reaction allowed to proceed at this temperature for 3 hours. After cooling to 50° C., the mixture is diluted with 380 g of 99% isopropanol and neutralized to a pH of about 7.0 with glacial acetic acid. The hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride MPEG Cassia product is filtered, washed once with 135 g of 99% isopropanol, air dried overnight and oven dried at 100° C. for 4 hours to produce a product contains 2.2 wt % nitrogen.

Example 3

The procedure of Example 1 was followed except that 45.0 g of hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride cassia with a nitrogen content of 2.4 wt % (DS_(cat) 0.37), 1.35 g of 20% sodium hydroxide and 30.9 g of methoxy-polyethyleneglycolglycidylether (molecular weight=600) were used. The cationically and hydrophilically modified product contains 1.87 wt. % nitrogen on a dry weight basis with a DS_(cat) of 0.37 and DS_(hydrophile) of 0.10.

Example 4

Two-in-one conditioning shampoo compositions including the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 (Formulation A) and a commercially available cationic guar polymer (Formulation B) are formulated with the components set forth in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Formulation A Formulation B Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 1 0.25 — Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium — 0.25 Chloride (DS_(cat) 0.21) Jaguar ™ C-13S (Rhodia) Silicone Emulsion (DC 1352) 2 2 (Dow Corning) D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous wt./ q.s. to q.s. to wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0

A sensory panel test is conducted to compare the conditioning performances of Formulation A versus Formulation B on Caucasian brown hair tresses in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes protocol above. Formulation A containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 displays statistically significant better wet conditioning properties in comparison to Formulation B containing the cationic guar on Caucasian brown hair. The results of the panel test indicates that hair tresses treated with Formulation A have better wet combing attributes (99% confidence level), and better wet feel attributes (99% confidence level). No significant statistical differences in the dry conditioning attributes are observed between tresses treated with the two formulations with similar dry combing and dry feel.

Example 5

Clear conditioning shampoo compositions including the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 (Formulation C) and a commercially available cationic Polyquaternium-10 polymer (Formulation D) are formulated with the components set forth in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Formulation C Formulation D Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 1 0.25 — Polyquaternium-10 (DS_(cat) — 0.25 0.33-0.35) Ucare ™ JR400 (Amercol Corporation) D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous q.s. to q.s. to wt./wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0

A sensory panel test is conducted to compare the conditioning performances of Formulation C versus Formulation D on Caucasian brown hair tresses in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes protocol above. Formulation C containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 displays statistically significant better conditioning properties in comparison to Formulation D containing the Polyquaternium-10 (quaternized hydroxyethylcellulose) on Caucasian brown hair. The results of the panel test indicates that hair tresses treated with Formulation C have better wet combing attributes (99% confidence level), better wet feel attributes (95% confidence level) and better dry combing attributes (99% confidence level). No significant statistical differences in the dry feel attributes are observed between tresses treated with the two formulations.

Example 6

Clear conditioning shampoo compositions including the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 (Formulation E) and a commercially available cationic quaternium polymer (Formulation F) are formulated with the components set forth in Table 3.

TABLE 3 Formulation E Formulation F Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 1 0.25 — Polyquaternium-10 (DS_(cat) — 0.25 0.33-0.35) Ucare ™ JR400 (Amercol Corporation) D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous q.s. to q.s. to wt./wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0

A sensory panel test is conducted to compare the conditioning performances of Formulation E versus Formulation F on Caucasian bleached hair tresses in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes protocol above. Formulation E containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 displays statistically significant better conditioning properties in comparison to Formulation F containing the Polyquaternium-10 (quaternized hydroxyethylcellulose) on Caucasian bleached hair. The results of the panel test indicates that hair tresses treated with Formulation E have better wet combing attributes (99% confidence level), better wet feel attributes (99% confidence level), better dry feel (99% confidence level), and better dry combing (99% confidence level) than Formulation F.

Example 7

Clear conditioning shampoo compositions including the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 3 (Formulation G) and a commercially available cationic Polyquaternium-10 polymer (Formulation H) are formulated with the components set forth in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Formulation G Formulation H Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 3 0.25 — Polyquaternium-10 (DS_(cat) — 0.25 0.33-0.35) Ucare ™ JR400 (Amercol Corporation) D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous q.s. to q.s. to wt./wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0

A sensory panel test is conducted to compare the conditioning performances of Formulation G versus Formulation H on Caucasian brown hair tresses in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes protocol above. Formulation G containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 3 displays statistically significant better wet conditioning properties in comparison to Formulation H containing the Polyquaternium-10 (quaternized hydroxyethylcellulose) on Caucasian Brown hair. The results of the panel test indicates that hair tresses treated with Formulation G have better wet combing attributes (95% confidence level), better wet feel attributes (99% confidence level) than Formulation H. No significant statistical differences in the dry conditioning attributes are observed between tresses treated with the two formulations with similar dry combing and dry feel.

Example 8

Clear conditioning shampoo compositions including the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 3 (Formulation K) and a cationically derivatized Cassia polymer synthesized in accordance with Example A but containing 2.4 wt. % nitrogen (DS_(cat) 0.37) and devoid of hydrophilic modification (Formulation L) are formulated with the components set forth in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Formulation K Formulation L Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 3 0.25 — Cationic Cassia — 0.25 D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous q.s. to q.s. to wt./wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0

A sensory panel test is conducted to compare the conditioning performances of Formulation K versus Formulation L on Caucasian bleached hair tresses in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes protocol above. Formulation K containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 3 displays statistically significant better wet conditioning properties in comparison to Formulation L containing the cationically derivatized Cassia with no hydrophilic modification on Caucasian Bleached hair. The results of the panel test indicates that hair tresses treated with Formulation K have better wet combing attributes (95% confidence level) and wet feel attributes (99% confidence level) than Formulation L.

Example 9

Clear conditioning shampoo compositions including the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 (Formulation M) and a cationically derivatized Cassia polymer synthesized in accordance with Example A containing 3.5 wt. % nitrogen (DS_(cat) 0.65) and devoid of hydrophilic modification (Formulation N) are formulated with the components set forth in Table 6.

TABLE 6 Formulation M Formulation N Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 1 0.25 — Cationic Cassia — 0.25 D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous q.s. to q.s. to wt./wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0

A sensory panel test is conducted to compare the conditioning performances of Formulation M versus Formulation N on Caucasian bleached hair tresses in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Sensory Panel Testing of Conditioning Attributes protocol above. Formulation M containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 1 displays statistically significant better wet conditioning properties in comparison to Formulation N containing the cationically derivatized Cassia with no hydrophilic modification. The results of the panel test indicates that hair tresses treated with Formulation M have better wet combing attributes (99% confidence level), and better wet feel (95% confidence level) than Formulation N on Caucasian bleached hair.

Example 10

Clear conditioning shampoo formulations are prepared from the components set forth in Table 7 including a cationic polymer. The unmodified cationic Cassia of Formulation Q is synthesized according to the procedure set forth in Example A and contains 2.4 wt. % nitrogen (DS_(cat) 0.37).

TABLE 7 Formulation P Formulation Q Component Active (wt %) Active (wt %) Sodium Laureth-3 sulfate 17 17 Sulfochem ™ ES-3 (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Cocamidopropylbetaine 3 3 Chembetaine ™ (Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.) Sodium Chloride 1 1 Polymer of Example 3 0.25 — Cationic Cassia — 0.25 D.I. Water q.s. to 100 q.s. to 100 Citric Acid (20% aqueous q.s. to q.s. to wt./wt.) pH = 6.0 pH = 6.0 Clarity (% T at 420 nm) 94.2 88.7 Turbidity (NTU) 7.7 21.1

Clear shampoo Formulation P containing the cationically and hydrophilically modified Cassia polymer of Example 3 exhibits better clarity and significantly better turbidity properties than Formulation Q containing a non-hydrophilically modified cationic Cassia polymer of a similar degree of cationic substitution.

Example 11

Fixative compositions are formulated from the cationically and hydrophilically modified polymers of Examples 1 and 3 by dispersing 1 wt. % of each polymer in deionized water. The fixative compositions are evaluated for high humidity spiral curl retention as set forth in the HHSCR test methodology set forth above. Two identically prepared fixative compositions utilizing cationically modified cassia (devoid of hydrophilic modification) prepared in accordance with Example A but having DS_(cat) values of 0.62, and 0.37 are utilized for comparison. The results are set forth in Table 8.

TABLE 8 Spiral curl Spiral curl Spiral curl retention at retention at retention at 90% RH-23° C. 3 hours (%) 8 hours (%) 24 hours (%) Hydrophilic modified 68.1 61.7 60.7 cationic cassia of Example 1 Comparative to 62.4 61.3 61.3 example 1 (unmodified Cationic cassia 3.5 wt % N, DScat = 0.62) Hydrophilic modified 89.5 87.4 87.4 cationic cassia of Example 3 Comparative Example 84.9 84.9 80.6 3 (unmodified cationic cassia 2.5 wt % N, DScat = 0.37)

The hydrophilic and cationic modified cassia polymers all display excellent high humidity spiral curl retention after 3, 8 and 24 hrs at exposures of 90% relative humidity at 23° C. The results also show that the hydrophilic and cationic modified cassia polymers display, in most cases, better high humidity spiral curl retention compared to cationic cassia without hydrophilic modification of similar cationic charge density.

While certain representative embodiments and details have been shown for the purpose of illustrating the subject invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in this art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the subject invention. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan having an average mannose to galactose ratio of at least 5:1 wherein a portion of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups present on the galactomannan are substituted with a least one cationic moiety represented by formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic moiety represented by formula (II) as follows:

wherein A, independently, is selected from a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkylene radical, and when substituted said substituent, independently, is selected from hydroxyl and halo; R, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion; (R¹—O)_(c) represents a polyoxyalkylene moiety arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 2 to about 250; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR; and a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1, subject to the proviso that when a is 0, b is 0, and when R² is AR in formula (II), the cationic moiety AR represented by formula (I) is optionally present.
 2. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein AR in formula (I) is represented by the structure:

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from C₁-C₅ alkyl, and X is a chloride ion.
 3. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of R² substituents in formula (II) are selected from AR.
 4. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 3 wherein AR is represented by the structure;

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, and X are as previously defined.
 5. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 2 wherein in formula (II) a is 1, b is 1, R¹ is —CH₂CH₂—, and R² is methyl.
 6. A composition comprising: a) a cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan having an average mannose to galactose ratio of at least 5:1 wherein a portion of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups present on the galactomannan are substituted with a least one cationic moiety represented by formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic moiety represented by formula (II) as follows:

wherein A, independently, is selected from a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkylene radical, and when substituted said substituent, independently, is selected from hydroxyl and halo; R, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion; (R¹—O)_(c) represents a polyoxyalkylene moiety arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 2 to about 250; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR; and a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1, subject to the proviso that when a is 0, b is 0, and when R² is AR in formula (II), the cationic moiety AR represented by formula (I) is optionally present; and b) at least one component selected from surfactants, hair and skin conditioning agents, emollients, emulsifiers, rheology modifiers, thickening agents, vitamins, hair growth promoters, self-tanning agents, sunscreens, skin lighteners, anti-aging compounds, anti-wrinkle compounds, anti-cellulite compounds, anti-acne compounds, anti-dandruff agents, anti-inflammatory compounds, analgesics, antiperspirant agents, deodorant agents, hair fixatives, particulates, abrasives, moisturizers, antioxidants, keratolytic agents, anti-static agents, foam boosters, hydrotropes, solubilizing agents, chelating agents, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents, pH adjusting agents, chelating agents, buffering agents, botanicals, hair colorants, oxidizing agents, reducing agents, hair and skin bleaching agents, pigments, anticaries, anti-tartar agents, anti-plaque agents, solvents; and combinations thereof.
 7. A composition of claim 6 wherein AR in formula (I) is represented by the structure:

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from C₁-C₅ alkyl, and X is a chloride ion.
 8. A composition of claim 6 wherein at least a portion of R² substituents in formula (II) are selected from AR.
 9. A composition of claim 8 wherein AR is represented by the structure;

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, and X are as previously defined.
 10. A composition of claim 7 wherein in formula (II) a is 1, b is 1, R¹ is —CH₂CH₂—, and R² is methyl.
 11. A composition of claim 6 wherein said surfactant is selected from an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a nonionic surfactant and combinations thereof.
 12. A composition of claim 6 wherein said conditioning agent is selected from silicones, organic conditioning oils, natural and synthetic waxes, cationic polymers, and combinations thereof.
 13. A composition of claim 7 wherein said silicone is selected from silicone fluids, silicone oils, cationic silicones, silicone gums, high refractive silicones, silicone resins, emulsified silicones, dimethicone copolyols; and combinations thereof.
 14. A detersive composition comprising: a) a cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan having an average mannose to galactose ratio of at least 5:1 wherein a portion of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups present on the galactomannan are substituted with a least one cationic moiety represented by formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic moiety represented by formula (II) as follows:

wherein A, independently, is selected from a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkylene radical, and when substituted said substituent, independently, is selected from hydroxyl and halo; R, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion; (R¹—O)_(c) represents a polyoxyalkylene moiety arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 2 to about 250; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR; and a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1, subject to the proviso that when a is 0, b is 0, and when R² is AR in formula (II), the cationic moiety AR represented by formula (I) is optionally present; and b) a surfactant is selected from an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, a nonionic surfactant and combinations thereof.
 15. A composition of claim 14 wherein AR in formula (I) is represented by the structure:

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from C₁-C₅ alkyl, and X is a chloride ion.
 16. A composition of claim 14 wherein at least a portion of R² substituents in formula (II) are selected from AR.
 17. A composition of claim 16 wherein AR is represented by the structure;

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, and X are as previously defined.
 18. A composition of claim 15 wherein in formula (II) a is 1, b is 1, R¹ is —CH₂CH₂—, and R² is methyl.
 19. A detersive composition of claim 14 further comprising a conditioning agent.
 20. A detersive composition of claim 19 wherein said conditioning agent is selected from silicones, organic conditioning oils, natural and synthetic waxes, cationic polymers, and combinations thereof.
 21. A detersive composition of claim 20 wherein said silicone is selected from silicone fluids, silicone oils, cationic silicones, silicone gums, high refractive silicones, silicone resins, emulsified silicones, dimethicone copolyols; and combinations thereof.
 22. A detersive composition of claim 20 wherein said cationic polymer is selected from a quaternium ammonium compound.
 23. A hair fixative composition comprising: a) a cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan having an average mannose to galactose ratio of at least 5:1 wherein a portion of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups present on the galactomannan are substituted with a least one cationic moiety represented by formula (I) and at least one hydrophilic moiety represented by formula (II) as follows:

wherein A, independently, is selected from a divalent linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted C₁-C₆ alkylene radical, and when substituted said substituent, independently, is selected from hydroxyl and halo; R, independently, is selected from —S⁺R³R⁴X⁻, —N⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, and —P⁺R³R⁴R⁵X⁻, wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from hydrogen and linear and branched C₁-C₂₄ alkyl, and X⁻ represents an anion; (R¹—O)_(c) represents a polyoxyalkylene moiety arranged as a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of oxyalkylene units, wherein R¹, independently, is selected from linear and branched C₂H₄, C₃H₆, and C₄H₈ divalent alkylene groups, and c is an integer ranging from about 2 to about 250; R², independently, is selected from hydrogen, methyl, and AR; and a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1, subject to the proviso that when a is 0, b is 0, and when R² is AR in formula (II), the cationic moiety AR represented by formula (I) is optionally present; and b) a component selected from a rheology modifier, a surfactant, an auxiliary fixative, a solvent, water, a conditioner, a propellant, neutralizing agent, fragrance, fragrance solubilizer, thickener, preservative, emulsifier, emollient, humectant, colorant, wax, and mixtures thereof.
 24. A composition of claim 23 wherein AR in formula (I) is represented by the structure:

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, independently, are selected from C₁-C₅ alkyl, and X is a chloride ion.
 25. A composition of claim 23 wherein at least a portion of R² substituents in formula (II) are selected from AR.
 26. A composition of claim 25 wherein AR is represented by the structure;

wherein R³ and R⁴, and R⁵, and X are as previously defined.
 27. A composition of claim 24 wherein in formula (II) a is 1, b is 1, R¹ is —CH₂CH₂—, and R² is methyl.
 28. A composition of claim 23 wherein said conditioner is selected from a silicone, a cationic polymer, and combinations thereof.
 29. A composition of claim 23 wherein said solvent is selected from water, a C₁-C₆ alcohol, a ketone, an ether, and combinations thereof.
 30. A composition of claim 28 wherein said cationic polymer is a polyquaternium compound.
 31. A composition of claim 29 wherein said propellant is selected from propane, butane, isobutene, dimethyl ether, 1,1-difluoroethane, carbon dioxide, and mixtures thereof.
 32. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 5:1 to about 49:1.
 33. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan is selected from a ratio consisting of 5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, and mixtures thereof.
 34. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein the weight of galactose in said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 2 wt. % to about 17 wt. % based on the weight of the galactomannan.
 35. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein the cationic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 36. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein the hydrophilic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 37. A cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan of claim 1 wherein said galactomannan is obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia, and mixtures thereof.
 38. A composition of claim 6 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 5:1 to about 49:1.
 39. A composition of claim 6 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan is selected from a ratio consisting of 5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, and mixtures thereof.
 40. A composition of claim 6 wherein the weight of galactose in said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 2 wt. % to about 17 wt. % based on the weight of the galactomannan.
 41. A composition of claim 6 wherein the cationic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 42. A composition of claim 6 wherein the hydrophilic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 43. A composition of claim 6 wherein said galactomannan is obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia, and mixtures thereof.
 44. A composition of claim 14 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 5:1 to about 49:1.
 45. A composition of claim 14 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan is selected from a ratio consisting of 5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, and mixtures thereof.
 46. A composition of claim 14 wherein the weight of galactose in said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 2 wt. % to about 17 wt. % based on the weight of the galactomannan.
 47. A composition of claim 14 wherein the cationic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 48. A composition of claim 14 wherein the hydrophilic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 49. A composition of claim 14 wherein said galactomannan is obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia, and mixtures thereof.
 50. A composition of claim 23 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 5:1 to about 49:1.
 51. A composition of claim 23 wherein the average mannose to galactose ratio of said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan is selected from a ratio consisting of 5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, and mixtures thereof.
 52. A composition of claim 23 wherein the weight of galactose in said cationically and hydrophilically modified galactomannan ranges from about 2 wt. % to about 17 wt. % based on the weight of the galactomannan.
 53. A composition of claim 23 wherein the cationic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 54. A composition of claim 23 wherein the hydrophilic degree of substitution ranges from about 0.0001 to about
 3. 55. A composition of claim 23 wherein said galactomannan is obtained from the endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia, and mixtures thereof. 